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Remopleurides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Remopleurides Portlock
1925Remopleurides Warburg
1933Remopleurides Phleger, Jr. p. 18
1981Remopleurides Owen
1982Remopleurides Owen and Harper
1983Remopleurides Nikolaisen
2002Remopleurides Jell and Adrain p. 439
2002Remopleurides Sepkoski
2009Remopleurides Owens and Fortey

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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
genusRemopleuridesPortlock 1843

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. †Remopleurides Portlock 1843
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Remopleurides acer Webby 1973
Remopleurides affluens Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides arenosus Lespérance and Weissenberger 1998
Remopleurides asperulus Whittington 1959
Remopleurides caelatus Whittington 1959
Remopleurides canadensis Billings 1865
Remopleurides caphyroides Whittington 1959
Remopleurides colbii Portlock 1843
Remopleurides deani Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides emarginatus Törnquist 1884
Remopleurides epimera Tripp 1980
Remopleurides exallos Webby 1973
Remopleurides eximius Whittington 1959
Remopleurides granensis Stormer 1945
Remopleurides inusitatus Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides laevigatus Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides latus Olin 1906
Remopleurides ligulus Whittington 1963
Remopleurides lunnerensis Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides minimus Warburg 1925
Remopleurides occidens Phleger, Jr. 1933
Remopleurides panderi Billings 1865
Remopleurides pattersoni Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Remopleurides paucus Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides perspicax Nikolaisen 1983
Remopleurides pilulus Whittington 1965
Remopleurides plaesiourus Whittington 1959
Remopleurides saenuros Webby 1973
Remopleurides simulus Whittington 1959
Remopleurides striatus Cooper and Kindle 1936
Remopleurides variolaris Nikolaisen 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Swimming, nektobenthic (McKerrow, 1979). BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:18
Modified: 2009-06-11 09:23:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Richmondian or 478.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (384 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) R. sp. (104308)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) R. sp. (7387)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) R. ligulus (198245)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8United Kingdom R. ateuchetos, R. spp., R. sp. (182520)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (SiChuan) R. sp. (7950)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) R. sp. (4757)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) R. sp. (78092)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (AnHui) R. sp. (7841)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) R. sp. (4714 4715)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Russian Federation R. sp. (169218)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) R. nikolaiseni (163348)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) R. nikolaiseni (163355)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway R. broeggeri (163338 163340) R. nikolaiseni (163354)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Asker) R. nikolaiseni (163352)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) R. colbii (196867) R. sp. (3675 8327 81276 192503)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) R. nikolaiseni (73439 163307 163308)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Asker) R. nikolaiseni (163353)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Ringerike) R. nikolaiseni (163349)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway R. nikolaiseni (162225)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo Asker) R. nikolaiseni (163343 163356)