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Brongniartella robusta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Portaginus robustus was named by Lespérance (1968). Its type specimen is GSC 21900, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Brongniartella robusta by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Portaginus robustus Lespérance pp. 822 - 824 figs. PI. 106, figs. 8-13; text-fig. 4
2002Brongniartella robusta Jell and Adrain p. 429

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusBrongniartellaReed 1918
speciesrobusta()

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.

Brongniartella robusta Lespérance 1968
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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
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:13:32
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:13:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Gamachian or 445.20000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Portaginus robustus (12582 12583 13132)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Brongniartella robusta (24518 24519 24520) Portaginus robustus (24833)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) Brongniartella robusta (81280)