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Telephina (Telephina) sulcata

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Telephina (Telephina) sulcata was named by Nikolaisen (1963).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Telephina (Telephina) sulcata Nikolaisen

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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
speciessulcata

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.

†Telephina (Telephina) sulcata Nikolaisen 1963
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Aseri or 469.20000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda - Aseri469.2 - 460.9Norway (Nes-Hamar) Telephina sulcata (191150)