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Bronteopsis concentrica

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Bronteopsis scotica was named by Nicholson and Etheridge (1879).

It was corrected as Bronteopsis concentrica by Linnarsson (1869), Skjeseth (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. extraordinaris, B. holtedahli, B. matutina, B. sola, B. transversalis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Bronteopsis concentrica Linnarsson
1879Bronteopsis scotica Nicholson and Etheridge
1904Bronteopsis scotia Reed
1925Bronteopsis scotica Raymond p. 69
1955Bronteopsis concentrica Skjeseth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyStygininaeVogdes 1890
genusBronteopsisNicholson and Etheridge 1879
speciesconcentrica(Nicholson and Etheridge 1879)

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.

†Bronteopsis concentrica Nicholson and Etheridge 1879
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Invalid names: Bronteopsis scotia Reed 1904 [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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:02:48
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:02:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Pridoli or 458.00000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Bronteopsis concentrica (208115 208116 208120)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway Bronteopsis concentrica (164270)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Bronteopsis concentrica (165043)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Sweden (Dalarne) Bronteopsis concentrica (164282)