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Metabowmania

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Metabowmania was named by Kobayashi (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem]. It is not extant. Its type is Metabowmania latilimbata.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hillyardina by Jell and Adrain (2002), Adrain et al. (2003).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hillyardininae by Adrain and Westrop (2007).

Species
M. braggi, M. latilimbata (type species), M. morgani
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. limbata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Metabowmania Kobayashi
2002Metabowmania Sepkoski
2007Metabowmania Adrain and Westrop p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
subfamilyHillyardininae
genusMetabowmaniaKobayashi 1955

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. †Metabowmania Kobayashi 1955
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†Metabowmania braggi Adrain and Westrop 2007
†Metabowmania latilimbata Kobayashi 1955
†Metabowmania morgani Adrain and Westrop 2007
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Stairsian or 486.40000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian486.85 - 483.4Canada (Alberta) M. latilimbata (50166)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) M. sp. (10962 10986)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Idaho) M. latilimbata (106389) M. limbata (228261 228262) M. morgani (228263 228264)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Utah) M. braggi (106398) M. morgani (106399)