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Roncellia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Roncellia was named by Lesperance and Bourque (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi-u D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Roncellia Lesperance and Bourque
2002Roncellia Jell and Adrain p. 440
2002Roncellia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusRoncelliaLesperance and Bourque 1971

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. †Roncellia Lesperance and Bourque 1971
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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 length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available