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Thomondia

Trilobita - Isocolidae

Taxonomy
Thomondia was named by Harper (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isocolidae by Weir (1959); to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Shumardiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Thomondia Harper
1959Thomondia Weir p. 375
2002Thomondia Jell and Adrain p. 453
2002Thomondia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyIsocolidaeAngelin 1854
genusThomondiaHarper 1942

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. †Thomondia Harper 1942
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Thomondia globosa Harper 1942
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Weir 1959Isocolidae with a single pair of pit-like lateral glabellar furrows confluent with occipital furrow; lateral border furrows conf1uent with preglabellar furrow; facial sutures situated on lateral border.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-04 12:55:47
Modified: 2010-01-04 14:55:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Onnian or 453.00000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) T. sp. (7809)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Ireland T. globosa (162246)