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Bonnia quadrata

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Bonnia quadrata was named by Fritz (1991). Its type specimen is GSC 91744, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collection 90660, which is in a Dyeran marine shale/limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bonnia quadrata Fritz p. 23 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBonnia()
speciesquadrata

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 quadrata Fritz 1991
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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: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Yukon Territory) Bonnia quadrata (type locality: 156216)