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Talbotina

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Talbotina was named by Lochman (1938). Its type is Talbotina degrasensis.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lonchocephalidae by Westrop (1992) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Talbotina Lochman
1992Talbotina Westrop
2002Talbotina Jell and Adrain p. 451
2002Talbotina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusTalbotinaLochman 1938

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. †Talbotina Lochman 1938
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Talbotina degrasensis Lochman 1938
Talbotina levisensis Rasetti 1944
Talbotina solitaris Lochman 1938
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: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) T. sp. (196375 196376)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) T. sp. (196026 196027)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) T. degrasensis, T. solitaris (198256)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) T. degrasensis (54235)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) T. sp. (224)
Dresbachian - Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) T. degrasensis (197979)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) T. levisensis (224143)