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Buttsia globosa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Buttsia globosa was named by Lu and Lin (1987). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Buttsia globosa Lu and Lin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusButtsiaWilson 1951
speciesglobosaLu and Lin 1987

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.

Buttsia globosa Lu and Lin 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:44:20
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:44:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Buttsia globosa (125542 125686)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Buttsia globosa (49177 49181 49182 126311 126314 126327 126328 126330 126346 126347 126348 126439 128931)