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Morosa

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Morosa was named by Palmer (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 489,887]. It is not extant. Its type is Morosa longispina.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Morosa Palmer p. 98
2002Morosa Jell and Adrain p. 408
2002Morosa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMorosa

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. †Morosa Palmer 1960
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†Morosa bothra Stitt 1971
†Morosa brevispina Palmer 1965
†Morosa extensa Palmer 1965
†Morosa longispina Palmer 1960
†Morosa simplexa Stitt 1971
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-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) M. definita (110446) M. extensa (111325 122138) M. longispina (75270 75271)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) M. brevispina (75437) M. sp. (240)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (California) M. brevispina (226676)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) M. bothra (221068 221069) M. bothra, M. simplexa (9618 221067)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) M. bothra (229131)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (California) M. brevispina (226278 226284)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) M. bothra (240517) M. bothra, M. simplexa (240516)