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Burmeisteria

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Burmeisteria was named by Salter (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
B. accraensis, B. acuminata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Burmeisteria Salter
1977Burmeisteria Thomas p. 168
2002Burmeisteria Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Burmeisteria 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
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusBurmeisteriaSalter 1865

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. †Burmeisteria Salter 1865
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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 Wenlock to the top of the Eifelian or 433.40000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Algeria B. kseibi (27198)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Algeria B. sp. (27473)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Algeria B. acuminata (27167) B. sp. (27169)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (León) B. pradoana (235101)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand B. huttoni (40522) B. sp. (40520 40527)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Tarija) B. sp. (36137)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Uruguay B. sp. (37078)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Chiquitos) B. sp. (37094)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (La Paz) B. sp. (36133)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Chuquisaca) B. sp. (36135)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia B. herscheli (25587)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) B. sp. (37080 37082 37084 37093)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa B. herscheli (35582 35587 35590) B. herscheli, B. quernus (35578 35581 35584 35588 35589) B. sp. (35604)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) B. sp. (37117)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Parana) B. sp. (37105 37107)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) B. sp. (37121 37128)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7South Africa B. herscheli (35592 35594 35595) B. sp., B. herscheli (35593)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Piaui) B. sp. (37129)