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Symphysurina elegans

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Symphysurina elegans was named by Poulsen (1937). It is not extant. Its type locality is Locality 3, Andrée Land, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate limestone in the Cass Fjord Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Symphysurina elegans Poulsen p. 37 figs. Pl. 2, fig. 11-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusSymphysurinaUlrich 1924
specieselegans

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.

Symphysurina elegans Poulsen 1937
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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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:34:07
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:34:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Greenland Symphysurina elegans (type locality: 122085)