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Bromella

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Bromella was named by Palmer (1965). Its type is Bromella veritas.

It was assigned to Pterocephaliidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
B. utahensis, B. veritas (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Bromella Palmer p. 81
2002Bromella Jell and Adrain p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBromella

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. †Bromella Palmer 1965
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†Bromella utahensis Sundberg et al. 2024
†Bromella veritas Palmer 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) B. veritas (114291 114597 114598)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Utah) B. utahensis (240239)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) B. sp. (156406 156437 156438 156454 156464 156465)