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Mesonacis bonnensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Olenellus bonnensis was named by Resser and Howell (1938).

It was recombined as Mesonacis bonnensis by Lieberman (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Olenellus bonnensis Resser and Howell p. 222 figs. pl. 7, fig. 3
1938Olenellus terranovicus Resser and Howell p. 222 figs. pl. 6, fig. 8
1938Olenellus brevoculus Resser and Howell p. 225 figs. Pl. 8, Fig. 18 and 19
1956Fremontia brevoculus Harrington p. 58
1999Mesonacis bonnensis Lieberman p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyMesonacinae(Walcott 1891)
genusMesonacis
speciesbonnensis(Resser and Howell 1938)

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.

Mesonacis bonnensis Resser and Howell 1938
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Invalid names: Olenellus brevoculus Resser and Howell 1938 [synonym], Olenellus terranovicus Resser and Howell 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 05:06:25
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:06:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Newfoundland) Mesonacis bonnensis (195913) Olenellus brevoculus (195763)