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Tawstockia

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Tawstockia was named by Brauckmann (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise Sepkoski's reference number: 1045]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cystispininae by Hahn et al. (1996); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Linguaphillipsiinae by Brezinski (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tawstockia Brauckmann pp. 113-117
1996Tawstockia Hahn et al. p. 169
2002Tawstockia Jell and Adrain
2002Tawstockia Sepkoski
2025Tawstockia 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
genusTawstockiaBrauckmann 1974

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. †Tawstockia Brauckmann 1974
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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, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany T. nasifrons (37187 37192)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Czechia T. milleri (138585)