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Bowmania

Trilobita - Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae

Taxonomy
Bowmania was named by Walcott (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Harpetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); to Entomaspididae by Adrain and Westrop (2004); and to Heterocaryonidae by Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Bowmania Walcott
2002Bowmania Jell and Adrain p. 351
2002Bowmania Sepkoski
2004Bowmania Adrain and Westrop p. 23
2021Bowmania Beech and Lamsdell p. 2220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHeterocaryonidaeHupé 1953
genusBowmaniaWalcott 1925

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. †Bowmania Walcott 1925
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†Bowmania americana Walcott 1884
†Bowmania lassieae Adrain and Westrop 2004
†Bowmania pennsylvanica Rasetti 1959
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: 2010-01-21 05:01:03
Modified: 2010-01-21 07:01:03
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

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

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) B. americana (6871)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) B. lassieae (235995)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) B. americana (240395 240401) B. pennsylvanica (240444)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (New York) B. pennsylvanica (257 85185)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) B. americana (233789)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) B. americana (55285 55310 55311 55313)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) B. americana (233745) B. americana, B. pennsylvanica (219652) B. pennsylvanica (219651) B. sagitta (233747) B. sp. (216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) B. pennsylvania (9775)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) B. sp. (259)