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Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Telephus bicuspis was named by Angelin (1854).

It was recombined as Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis by Angelin (1854), Nikolaisen (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. convexa, T. omega, T. stepnjakensis, T. bicornis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis Angelin
1930Telephina (Telephina) haddingi Ulrich
1930Telephina (Telephina) jemtlandia Ulrich
1963Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis Nikolaisen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusTelephinaMarek 1952
subgenusTelephinaMarek 1952
speciesbicuspis(Angelin 1854)

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: Telephina (Telephina) haddingi Ulrich 1930 [synonym], Telephina (Telephina) jemtlandia Ulrich 1930 [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: 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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aseri to the top of the Uhaku or 464.30000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Norway (Oslo-Asker) Telephina bicuspis (191126)
Uhaku - Aseri459.7 - 461.4Norway (Nes-Hamar) Telephina bicuspis (191149)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 459.7Norway (Oppland) Telephina bicuspis (191146)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 459.7Norway Telephina bicuspis (191128)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 459.7Norway (Oslo-Asker) Telephina bicuspis (191129)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 459.7Norway (Ringsaker) Telephina bicuspis (191145)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway (Nes-Hamar) Telephina bicuspis (167000 191143 191144)