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Bifodina

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Bifodina was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l].

It was assigned to Trilobita by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Bifodina Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 798
2002Bifodina Jell and Adrain p. 481
2002Bifodina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
genusBifodina

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. †Bifodina Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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Bifodina longifrons Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-02-01 04:53:21
Modified: 2010-02-01 06:53:21
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Mexico (Oaxaca) B. longifrons (9843 9844)