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Tesselacauda

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Tesselacauda was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Tesselacauda depressa.

It was assigned to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Species
T. depressa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Tesselacauda Ross p. 129
2002Tesselacauda Jell and Adrain p. 452
2002Tesselacauda Sepkoski
2021Tesselacauda Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusTesselacauda

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. †Tesselacauda Ross 1951
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†Tesselacauda depressa Ross 1951
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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Stairsian or 480.80000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) T. depressa (10994) T. flabella (10986)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Alberta) T. flabella (50166)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland) T. depressa (196501) T. sp. (195754)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) T. depressa (192724 192725) T. sp. (103919 104109)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) T. depressa (103809) T. sp. (103825)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) T. sp. (165725)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) T. depressa (104075 104076 104077)