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Telephina (Telephina) americana

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Telephina (Telephina) americana was named by Billings (1865).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Telephina (Telephina) americana Billings

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusTelephinaMarek 1952
subgenusTelephinaMarek 1952
speciesamericanaBillings 1865

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:02:38
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:02:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Telephina americana (104800 104805 104807 104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Telephina americana (104813 104817 104855 104856 104857 104862 104868) Telephina sp. (104864)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Ireland Telephina americana (381)