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Anchiopella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Taxonomy

Anchiopella was named by Reed (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Emsi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calmoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms

Paranacaste was named by Popp (1989). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bainella by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Bainella was named by Rennie (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106].

It was synonymized subjectively with Anchiopella by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Anchiopella Reed
1930	Bainella Rennie
1989	Paranacaste Popp
2002	Anchiopella Jell and Adrain p. 341
2002	Anchiopella Sepkoski
2002	Bainella Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Phacopida	Salter 1864
suborder	Phacopina	Struve 1959
superfamily	Acastoidea
family	Calmoniidae	Delo 1935
genus	Anchiopella	Reed 1907

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. †Anchiopella Reed 1907

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Invalid names: Bainella Rennie 1930 [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:

carnivoresubo

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-12-15 22:58:06

Modified:

2009-12-16 00:58:06

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Bolivia (Tarija)	Bainella insolita (36137)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Bolivia (Chuquisaca)	Bainella insolita (36135)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Brazil (Matto Grosso do Sul)	Bainella sp. (37100)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	South Africa	Bainella africana (35582 35588 35590) Bainella africana, Bainella arbuteus (35584) Bainella africana, Bainella arbuteus, Bainella baini, Bainella cristagalli, Bainella gamkaensis (35578) Bainella africana, Bainella arbuteus, Bainella cristagalli, Bainella gamkaensis (35581) Bainella africana, Bainella cristagalli (35589)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Brazil (Parana)	Paranacaste sp. (37080)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Bolivia (La Paz)	Bainella insolita (36133)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	South Africa	Bainella africana (35598)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	USA (Kentucky)	A. anchiops (76992)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	South Africa	Bainella africana, Bainella sp. (35593) Bainella baini (35594) Bainella cristagalli (35592)