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Remopleurella

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurella was named by Dean (1963). Its type is Remopleurella burmeisteri.

It was assigned to Remopleuridinae by Nikolaisen (1983); to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
R. burmeisteri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Remopleurella Dean
1983Remopleurella Nikolaisen
2002Remopleurella Jell and Adrain p. 439
2002Remopleurella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRemopleurellaDean 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Remopleurella Dean 1963
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†Remopleurella burmeisteri Bancroft 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Nabala or 467.30000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) R. sp. (205561)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway R. sp. (2948)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) R. sp. (206163)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (Wales) R. sp. (348)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (3659 3662)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway R. sp. (162532 163187)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5United Kingdom (Shropshire) R. burmeisteri (167013)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5United Kingdom (England) Remopleurides burmeisteri (43729)
Onnian - Pusgillian453.0 - 449.2Norway (Oslo) R. burmeisteri (163312)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (JiangSu) R. sp. (192794)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) R. sp. (205628)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway R. burmeisteri (164645)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway (Baerum) R. burmeisteri (163197)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway R. burmeisteri (162634)