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Balnibarbi

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Balnibarbi was named by Fortey (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Balnibarbi pulvurea.

It was assigned to Balnibarbiinae by Fortey (1974); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Olenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Balnibarbi Fortey
2002Balnibarbi Jell and Adrain p. 347
2002Bulnibarbi Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyBalnibarbiinae
genusBalnibarbi

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. †Balnibarbi Fortey 1974
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Balnibarbi erugata Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi pulvurea Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi scimitar Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi sombrero Fortey 1974
Balnibarbi tholia Fortey 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Billingen or 474.80000 to 471.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) B. pulvurea, B. erugata (106472) B. pulvurea, B. sombrero (106471) B. scimitar (106470)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) B. pulvurea, B. tholia (106473)