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Tellerina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Tellerina was named by Ulrich and Resser (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,464]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saukiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Tellerina Ulrich and Resser
2002Tellerina Jell and Adrain p. 452
2002Tellerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusTellerinaUlrich and Resser 1933

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. †Tellerina Ulrich and Resser 1933
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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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Minnesota) T. sp. (233637)
Payntonian491.0 - 488.3Australia (Northern Territory) T. sp. (77416 77420 77421 77530)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) T. sp. (256)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) T. marica (233789)