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Foulonia peregrina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ceraurinella peregrinus was named by Dean (1966). Its type specimen is Guiraud Coll., University of Montpellier and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hillside section about 250 metres south-west of Le Foulon, which is in a Klabava transition zone/lower shoreface shale/sandstone in the Couches du Foulon Formation of France. It is the type species of Foulonia.

It was recombined as Foulonia peregrina by Pribyl et al. (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ceraurinella peregrinus Dean pp. 287 - 292 figs. PL 6, figs. 5,7; PL 7, figs. 1-9
1985Foulonia peregrina Pribyl et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusFouloniaPribyl and Vanek 1985
speciesperegrina()

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.

Foulonia peregrina Dean 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Floian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco (Anti Atlas) Foulonia peregrina (166726 166731)
Klabava477.1 - 469.4France (Montagne Noire) Ceraurinella peregrinus (192737 211008)