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Taenora

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Taenora was named by Palmer (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. It is not extant. Its type is Taenora expansa.

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

Species
T. expansa (type species), T. platifrons

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Taenora Palmer p. 83
2002Taenora Jell and Adrain
2002Taenora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusTaenora

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. †Taenora Palmer 1960
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Taenora expansa Palmer 1960
Taenora platifrons Palmer 1954
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: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ensyan or 497.00000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) T. platifrons (131072)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Texas) Labiostria platifrons (208830)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) T. expansa (111326)