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Billevittia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Billevittia Edgecombe and Ramsköld
1997Billevittia Adrain and Edgecombe

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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
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusBillevittia

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. †Billevittia Edgecombe and Ramsköld 1996
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Billevittia adraini Edgecombe and Ramsköld 1996
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Edgecombe and L. Ramsköld 1996 Four or five fixigenal tubercles along rachial furrow of equal size to other genal tubercles ; genal angle with blunt point ; librigenal field equal in width (tr.) to lateral border, densely covered with tubercles ; tubercles of inner row on librigenal lateral border relatively large ; hypostomal middle body strongly inflated (sag., tr.) ; maculae weak ; pygidium with 9-10 rachial rings (may be a few more in terminal piece), usually 81 pleural ribs ; rachis strongly tapering backward ; pleurae non-tuberculate in large holaspides.
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: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Northwest Territories) B. adraini (26044 192920 192921)