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Victorispina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Victorispina was named by Jell (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Victorispina Jell
2002Victorispina Jell and Adrain p. 458
2002Victorispina Sepkoski
2021Victorispina Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusVictorispinaJell 1985

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. †Victorispina Jell 1985
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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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Bendigonian or 484.30000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) V. holmesorum (165725)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Parapilekia sp. nov. (210901)