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Burmeisterella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Burmeisterella was named by Reed (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u D Emsi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Homalonotinae by Thomas (1977); to Homalonotidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Burmeisterella Reed
1977Burmeisterella Thomas p. 168
2002Burmeisterella Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Burmeisterella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
genusBurmeisterellaReed 1918

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. †Burmeisterella Reed 1918
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Burmeisterella armata Burmeister 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
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 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 419.20000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria Homalonotus armatus (27473)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany B. sp. (182837)