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Brongniartella platynota marocana

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Brongniartella platynota marocana was named by Destombes (1972).

It was recombined as Brongniartella marocana by Wagner (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Brongniartella platynota marocana Destombes
2020Brongniartella marocana Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusBrongniartellaReed 1918
speciesplatynotaDalman 1828
subspeciesmarocanaDestombes 1972

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.

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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 Rawtheyan to the top of the Kosovian or 448.80000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Morocco (Maïder) Brongniartella platynota (20968)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Brongniartella platynota (20962)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Morocco Brongniartella platynota (155720)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Brongniartella platynota (193841)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Morocco (Maïder) Brongniartella platynota (20996)