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Bergeronites

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Bergeronites was named by Sun (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Damesellidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Bergeronites Sun
2002Bergeronites Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002Bergeronites 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
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBergeronitesSun 1937

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. †Bergeronites Sun 1937
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Bergeronites jiangsuensis Lin et al. 1983
Bergeronites ketteleri Woodward 1905
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Invalid names: Drepanura intermedia Resser and Endo 1937 [synonym], Drepanura mina Resser and Endo 1937 [synonym]
Bergeronites kunshanensis Lin et al. 1983
Bergeronites langyashanensis Lu and Zhu 1980
Bergeronites neimonggolensis Zhang and Zhou 1993
Bergeronites yushanensis Lin et al. 1983
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miaolingian506.5 - 497.0China B. ketteleri (228206)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) B. sp. (129210)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Drepanura ketteleri (126815 129890)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) B. sp. (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Drepanura ketteleri (129897)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) B. jiangsuensis (127377) B. kunshanensis (127372) B. yushanensis (127376)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0South Korea B. ketteleri (152614 152627 152629 152630 152631 152632 152633 152634 152635 152636 152637) B. sp. (227379)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Nei Mongol) B. neimonggolensis (129775)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) B. sp. (130012)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Anhui) B. sp., B. langyashanensis (127475)