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Salteria

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Salteria was named by Thomson (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Cara-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Endymioniinae by Fortey (1975) and Fortey (1975); and to Raphiophoridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Salteria Thomson
1865Erinnys Salter p. 746
1975Salteria Fortey p. 64
2002Salteria Jell and Adrain p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusSalteriaThomson 1864

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. †Salteria Thomson 1864
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Salteria primaeva Wyville Thomson 1864
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Invalid names: Salteria americana Cooper 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Erinnys Salter 1865 [replaced]
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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Sandbian or 456.60000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (Virginia) S. sp. (178258 178259)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) S. primaeva (208115 208120)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) S. americana (105247)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) S. primaeva (165043)