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Broeggerolithus nicholsoni

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Trinucleus nicholsoni was named by Reed (1910).

It was recombined as Broeggerolithus nicholsoni by Dean (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. harnagensis, B. soudleyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Trinucleus nicholsoni Reed
1962Broeggerolithus nicholsoni Dean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCryptolithinaeAngelin 1854
genusBroeggerolithusLamont 1935
speciesnicholsoni(Reed 1910)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
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 08:32:42
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:51:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Lenister) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (55710 55715 55716)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (3304)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (188590 192388 192389)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (192402)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (188591)