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Peltabellia

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Peltabellia was named by Whittington (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 388,795]. Its type is Jeffersonia peltabella.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bathyuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Bathyurinae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Peltabellia Whittington p. 662
1955Biolgina Maksimova
2002Peltabellia Jell and Adrain p. 423
2002Biolgina Sepkoski
2002Peltabellia Sepkoski
2013Peltabellia Fortey and Bruton

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPeltabellia

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. †Peltabellia Whittington 1953
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†Peltabellia baumannensis Adrain and Westrop 2005
†Peltabellia elegans Fortey and Peel 1990
†Peltabellia glabra Fortey and Bruton 2013
†Peltabellia lata Zhou and Fortey 1986
†Peltabellia sibirica Maksimova 1955
Invalid names: Biolgina Maksimova 1955 [synonym]
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 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Blackhillsian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Greenland P. elegans (181518)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. willistoni (133147)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. willistoni (195756)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Iran P. sp. (66868)
Tremadocian - Dapingian486.85 - 469.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Biolgina sibirica (131154)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina P. sp. (8704)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (10943)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Heibei Provence) P. lata (157257 157277 157280 157281 157283)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Idaho) P. sp. 5 (228283)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Utah) P. sp. 6 (228284)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Jeffersonia peltabella (103801) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (228266 228267) P. sp. 7 (228285 228298)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Norway (Spitsbergen) P. glabra (189835)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Montana) P. sp. (287) P. willistoni (174362)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Canada (Nunavut) P. baumannensis (173915 173916)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (195769)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (195770) P. willistoni (196380)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. willistoni (196503)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina P. sp. (8721)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Biolgina sp. (9226)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104550 104571)