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Nambeetella embolion

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Nambeetella embolion was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). Its type specimen is CPC 22751, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Locality 126/3, which is in an Arenig shallow subtidal sandstone/siltstone in the Nora Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Nambeetella embolion Fortey and Shergold p. 353 figs. Pl. 45, Fig. 20-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusNambeetella
speciesembolion

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.

Nambeetella embolion Fortey and Shergold 1984
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Arenig or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) Nambeetella embolion (157059 type locality: 157061 157062 157063 157064 157069)