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Esmeraldina rowei

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae

Taxonomy
Holmia rowei was named by Walcott (1910) [Indicated as a new species in Walcott 1910, but this name is also shown in that reference to have appeared in Walcott 1908].

It was recombined as Esmeraldina rowei by Resser and Howell (1938), Fritz (1995), Lieberman (1999), Jell and Adrain (2002), Hollingsworth (2006) and Abe et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Holmia rowei Walcott p. 292 figs. Plate 29, Figs, 1-11
1938Esmeraldina rowei Resser and Howell p. 229
1995Esmeraldina rowei Fritz p. 714 figs. FIGURES 5.1, 6.1-6.12, 7.1-7.3, 10.10, 10.11
1999Esmeraldina rowei Lieberman p. 86 figs. 15.1, 15.3
2002Esmeraldina rowei Jell and Adrain p. 374
2006Esmeraldina rowei Hollingsworth p. 319 figs. Figures 9.1–9.9, 9.12, 10.1–10.3
2010Esmeraldina rowei Abe et al. pp. 1448 - 1449 figs. 3a, 3b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyHolmiidaeHupé 1953
genusEsmeraldinaResser and Howel 1938
speciesrowei()

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.

Esmeraldina rowei Walcott 1910
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 06:03:46
Modified: 2009-12-21 08:03:46
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Atdabanian or 520.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0USA (Nevada) Esmeraldina rowei (69467)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Esmeraldina rowei (157302)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) Holmia rowei (226620)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (Nevada) Esmeraldina rowei (69466 140503 140507 140513 140519 140520 140521 140522 140523 140524 140525 140526 140527 140528 140529 140530 140531 140532 140533 140534 140535 140536 140545 140557 140558 204033)