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Brongniartella platynota

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Brongniartella platynota was named by Dalman (1828) [Note: this was originally described under a different].

Subspecies
B. marocana
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. ascripta, B. edgelli, B. platynotus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Brongniartella platynota Dalman

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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
speciesplatynotaDalman 1828

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 platynota Dalman 1828
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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: Kosovian or 445.60000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Morocco Brongniartella platynota (155720)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Morocco (Maïder) Brongniartella platynota (20968)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Brongniartella platynota (20962)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Vastergotland) Brongniartella platynota (74932)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Brongniartella platynota (193841)
Kosovian445.6 - 443.7Morocco (Maïder) Brongniartella platynota (20996)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Brongniartella platynota (149318)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden (Jamtland) Brongniartella platynota (153329 153332)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Jordan Brongniartella platynota (3277)