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Bitumulina

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Bitumulina was named by Osmolska (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Phillipsia bitumulata.

It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Linguaphillipsiinae by Engel and Morris (1989), Brezinski (2025).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2021-02-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Bitumulina Osmolska
1989Bitumulina Engel and Morris p. 306
2002Bitumulina Jell and Adrain p. 476
2002Bitumulina Sepkoski
2025Bitumulina Brezinski p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyLinguaphillipsiinaeHahn and Hahn 1972
genusBitumulinaOsmolska 1970

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. †Bitumulina Osmolska 1970
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Bitumulina bitumulata Weber 1932
Bitumulina prymno Hahn 1996
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Ivorian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Russian Federation B. bitumulata (218842)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany Hunanoproetus prymno (37192)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. prymno (229351)