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Struszia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Struszia was named by Edgecombe et al. (1993) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l S Ludl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1088 in Edgecombe and Chatterton].

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

Species
S. petebesti
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. epsteini, S. harrisoni, S. lennoni, S. martini, S. mccartneyi, S. onoae, S. starri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Struszia Edgecombe et al.
2002Struszia Jell and Adrain p. 448
2002Struszia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusStrusziaEdgecombe et al. 1993

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. †Struszia Edgecombe et al. 1993
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†Struszia petebesti Adrain and Edgecombe 1997
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-09 06:26:25
Modified: 2010-01-09 08:26:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Gorstian or 433.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) S. epsteini, S. sp. nov. A, S. martini, S. petebesti (25995) S. martini, S. epsteini (25994) S. martini, S. sp. 1, S. epsteini, S. petebesti (25976)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Nunavut) S. dimitrovi, S. sp. nov. B (25975) S. epsteini, S. petebesti (25977) S. martini (25993) S. petebesti (690)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) S. lennoni (26066) S. mccartneyi, S. lennoni (26059)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) S. harrisoni (26049 26051)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Nunavut) S. onoae, S. mccartneyi (25989)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) S. harrisoni (25990 25991) S. harrisoni, S. sp. 2 (25992) S. onoae (25978 25979 25986 25987 25988)
Whitwellian430.5 - 425.4Canada (Northwest Territories) S. dimitrovi (26050) S. dimitrovi, S. lennoni (26035 26042 26048) S. lennoni (26058)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Nunavut) S. sp. nov. C, S. epsteini (25982)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) S. starri (26067)