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Holmia kjerulfi

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae

Taxonomy
Paradoxides kjerulfi was named by Linnarsson (1871) [Paradoxides Kjerulfi. Lectotype selected by Palmer & Repina (1993, p. 25).]. Its type specimen is SGU 5329a, b and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Holmia.

It was recombined as Olenellus kjerulfi by Brögger (1878), Linnarsson (1883), Matthew (1886), Holm (1887) and Koken (1896); it was recombined as Cephalacanthus kjerulfi by Lapworth (1891); it was recombined as Olenellus (Holmia) kjerulfi by Walcott (1891), Cole (1892) and French (1897); it was recombined as Holmia (Olenellus) kjerulfi by Peach (1894); it was recombined as Holmia kjerulfi by Matthew (1890), Marcou (1890), Moberg (1899), Lindström (1901), Walcott (1910), Bergström (1973), Nikolaisen (1986), Palmer and Repina (1993), Lieberman (1999) and Høyberget et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Paradoxides kjerulfi Linnarsson p. 790 figs. pl. 16, figs. 1–3
1873Paradoxides kjerulfi Kjerulf p. 83
1878Olenellus kjerulfi Brögger p. 44
1878Paradoxides kjerulfi Ford p. 130
1881Paradoxides kjerulfi Ford pp. 255-258 fig. 10
1883Olenellus kjerulfi Linnarsson p. 18 figs. Pl. 3, Figs. 12-17
1886Olenellus kjerulfi Matthew pp. 472-473
1886Paradoxides kjerulfi Walcott p. 178 figs. Pl. 20, Fig. 2
1887Olenellus kjerulfi Holm pp. 493-522
1888Paradoxides kjerulfi Matthew pp. 75-76
1890Holmia kjerulfi Marcou pp. 365-366
1890Holmia kjerulfi Matthew p. 160
1891Cephalacanthus kjerulfi Lapworth pp. 640-641
1891Olenellus (Holmia) kjerulfi Walcott p. 635 figs. Pl. 86, Fig. 2; Pl. 93, Fig. 2
1892Olenellus (Holmia) kjerulfi Cole p. 343 fig. 3
1894Holmia (Olenellus) kjerulfi Peach p. 671 figs. Pl. 32, Fig. 12
1896Olenellus kjerulfi Koken p. 7
1897Olenellus (Holmia) kjerulfi French figs. Pl. 1a; Fig 13
1899Holmia kjerulfi Moberg p. 318 figs. Pl. 13, Fig. 3
1901Holmia kjerulfi Lindström p. 57
1910Holmia kjerulfi Walcott p. 288 figs. Plate 27, Fig. 7
1973Holmia kjerulfi Bergström p. 287
1986Holmia kjerulfi Nikolaisen
1993Holmia kjerulfi Palmer and Repina p. 25
1999Holmia kjerulfi Lieberman p. 75 fig. 11.3
2015Holmia kjerulfi Høyberget et al. pp. 28 - 30 figs. 5A–C, 6A–D, F

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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
genusHolmiaMatthew 1890
specieskjerulfi(Linnarsson 1871)

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.

†Holmia kjerulfi Linnarsson 1871
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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 Atdabanian to the top of the Toyonian or 521.00000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Norway (Ringsaker) Holmia kjerulfi (191020 191089)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Poland Holmia kjerulfi (72261)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Norway (Mjosen) Holmia kjerulfi (42220)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Norway (Mjøsa) Holmia kjerulfi (174259)