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Dunderbergia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Dunderbergia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Dunderbergia Walcott
2002Dunderbergia Jell and Adrain p. 369
2002Dunderbergia 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusDunderbergiaWalcott 1924

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. †Dunderbergia Walcott 1924
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†Dunderbergia bigranulosa Palmer 1960
†Dunderbergia brevispina Palmer 1965
†Dunderbergia calculosa Palmer 1965
†Dunderbergia halli Resser 1935
†Dunderbergia polybothra Palmer 1960
†Dunderbergia simplex Rasetti 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-02 14:46:03
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:46:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Texas) D. variagranula (208651 208690 208691 208692 208826 208979 208980 208981 208982 208989)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Tennessee) D. sp. (64609) D. tennesseensis (194604)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Vermont) D. directifrons (8977)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5China (Yunnan) D. tennesseensis (194783)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada and Utah) D. anyta, D. varigranula, D. nitida, D. bigranulosa, D. polybothra (74910)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) D. anyta (114601 114602 114603 122134) D. bigranulosa (75268 75269 110447 110448 110621 122139) D. brevispina (114290 114292 114595) D. calculosa (114293) D. nitida (75271 75272 75273 110623 110627 111326 113396 122141) D. nitida, D. bigranulosa (110449 110622) D. polybothra (75270 111325) D. variagranula (114608 114609 122140)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Alaska) D. seducta (64801) D. sp. (225280)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) D. nitida, D. sp. (55281)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) D. sp. (240 241)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) D. variagranula, D. simplex (62204)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) D. sp. (197982)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (California) D. variagranula (226276 226279)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) D. anyta (156398 156399 156475) D. anyta, D. bigranulosa (156450) D. bigranulosa (156451) D. sp. (156390 156396 156397 156434 156462 156472 156473)