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Westergaardites

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Westergaardites was named by Troedsson (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 484]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Westergaardites Troedsson
2002Westergaardites Jell and Adrain p. 459
2002Westergaardites 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
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusWestergaarditesTroedsson 1937

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. †Westergaardites Troedsson 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aksaian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 492.80000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) W. sp. (252)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) W. pelturaeformis (126716 126717)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan W. pelturaeformis (118481 118485 118486 118488)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) W. sp. (75438)