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Bonnia laterispina

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Bonnia laterispina was named by Fritz (1972). Its type specimen is GSC 27384, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73057, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Bonnia laterispina Fritz p. 33 figs. Pl. 15, fig 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBonnia()
specieslaterispina

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.

Bonnia laterispina Fritz 1972
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:43:53
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:43:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Bonnia laterispina (type locality: 156185 156190)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Yukon Territory) Bonnia laterispina (156214 156215)