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Cryptolithus tessellatus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Cryptolithus tesselatus was named by Green (1832).

It was corrected as Cryptolithus tessellatus by Shaw and Lesperance (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gibbifrons, C. globiceps, C. inferus, C. lorrainensis, C. portageensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cryptolithus tesselatus Green
1879Trinucleus bellulus Ulrich pp. 99-100 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 15
1924Cryptolithus lorettensis Foerste
1968Cryptolithus tesselata Fox
1994Cryptolithus bellulus Chatterton et al. p. 529 fig. 6.5
1994Cryptolithus tessellatus Shaw and Lesperance pp. 812 - 813 figs. Figures 4, 5.1-5.4, 5.6-5.10, 5.12, 5.13, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCryptolithusGreen 1832
speciestessellatus(Green 1832)

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.

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Invalid names: Cryptolithus lorettensis Foerste 1924 [synonym], Trinucleus bellulus Ulrich 1879 [synonym]
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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:29:59
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:50:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) Cryptolithus bellulus (77220 77221)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Cryptolithus tesselatus (173302)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Cryptolithus tesselatus (81308)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Cryptolithus lorettensis (173333)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Cryptolithus tesselatus (105205 105207 192431)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Cryptolithus tesselatus (48730 48789 48794)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Cryptolithus tesselatus, Cryptolithus lorettensis (76089 76090)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2USA (Virginia) Cryptolithus tesselatus (105204)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (New York) Cryptolithus bellulus (340 236743)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) Cryptolithus bellulus (34895 173339)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Cryptolithus bellulus (173073) Cryptolithus tesselatus (48772 48773 48776 48778 72674 72675 72676 72677 72678 72679 72680 72708 72709 72710 72711 72712 72713 72715 72717 72718 72719 72735 72736 72755 72760 72954 72955 72956 72957 72958)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Québec) Cryptolithus bellulus (164218)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Cryptolithus tesselata (349)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) Cryptolithus bellulus (173028)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Virginia) Cryptolithus tesselatus (5397)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Cryptolithus bellulus (173007)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) Cryptolithus bellulus (173272)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Cryptolithus bellulus (173242 173278)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Cryptolithus bellulus, Cryptolithus tesselatus (26302)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) Cryptolithus bellulus (173121)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Cryptolithus bellulus (56000)