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Wanneriidae

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae

Taxonomy
Wanneriinae was named by Hupé (1952). It was considered paraphyletic by Lieberman (1999).

It was reranked as the family Wanneriidae by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).

It was assigned to Olenellidae by Harrington (1956) and Palmer and Repina (1993); and to Olenelloidea by Lieberman (1999) and Hollingsworth (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Wanneriinae Hupé
1956Wanneriinae Harrington p. 60
1993Wanneriinae Palmer and Repina p. 25
1999Wanneriidae Lieberman p. 49
2005Wanneriidae Hollingsworth p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyWanneriidae(Hupé 1952)
familyWanneriidae(Hupé 1952)

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.

Fm. †Wanneriidae Hupé 1952
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G. †Elliptocephala Emmons 1844
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Elliptocephala bicensis Walcott 1910
Elliptocephala jaredi Gapp and Lieberman 2014
Elliptocephala logani Walcott 1910
Elliptocephala lundgreni Moberg 1892
Elliptocephala mediocris Poulsen 1958
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Invalid names: Elliptocephala ruginosa Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala subglabra Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala troelseni Poulsen 1958 [synonym]
Elliptocephala mirabilis Poulsen 1958
Elliptocephala walcotti Lieberman 1999
Invalid names: Ebenezeria Marcou 1888 [objective synonym]
G. †Wanneria Walcott 1910
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Wanneria cranbrookense Webster and Caron 2024
Wanneria listeri Below 1987
Wanneria misolensis Below 1987
Wanneria walcottana Wanner 1901
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Wanneria walcottana buenaensis Cooper et al. 1952
Invalid names: Wanneria cadizensis Clark 1921 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Olenellidae with L4 enlarged. Posterior margin of cephalon straight or curved backward towards base of genal spine. Intergenal spine absent. Preglabellar field absent. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite or anterior to occipital furrow. Thorax of 17 segments, not divided into prothorax and opisthothorax; third segment unmodified; fifteenth segment bearing long axial spine. Pygidium small, subquadrate, with prominent median notch. External sculpture reticulate; polygons may have central granule. On well-preserved specimens, boundaries of polygons marked by rows of perforations on underside of exoskeleton.
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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Dyeran or 520.00000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0USA (New York) Elliptocephala sp. (181)
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Wanneria sp. (193)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Olenellus paraoculus (156186) Olenellus truemani (156169) Wanneria longani (156178 156179 156181 156182 156183 156184 156185 156191) Wanneria longani, Olenellus laxocules, Olenellus sequomalus, Wanneria parvifrons (156177) Wanneria sp. (156187)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0USA (Nevada) Wanneria sp. (204029)
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Wanneria sp. (227947)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Northern Territories) Elliptocephala jaredi (228647) Elliptocephala logani, Elliptocephala jaredi (228648 228650)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Mexico Wanneria sp. (10682)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland Wanneriidae indet. (49462 49463 49464 49471 49472 49473 67781 67783 67790 67794)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Labrador) Wanneria logani (195759)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Mexico Wanneria sp. (10683) Wanneria sp., Wanneria walcottana (10684)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Alberta) Olenellus laxocules (10884)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Elliptocephala praenuntius (204959) Wanneria walcottana (96417)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Wanneria sp. (149697)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Yukon Territory) Wanneria logani (156214) Wanneria sp. (156212)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Newfoundland) Elliptocephala logani (195905 195925) Wanneria sp. (196374)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (New York) Elliptocephala asaphoides (78762 78763 78764 78765 78766 78767 203403 225104) Elliptocephala sp. (182)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Wanneria logani (9900)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Wanneria walcottana (192 11110 225188 226193 226194)
Dyeran - Delamaran515.3 - 506.5USA (Pennsylvania) Wanneria walcottana (226183)
Stage 4514.0 - 509.0Canada (British Columbia) Wanneria cranbrookense (235639)