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Bynumia eumus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Bynumia eumus was named by Walcott (1924). It is the type species of Bynumia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Bynumia eumus Walcott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBynumiaWalcott 1924
specieseumusWalcott 1924

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.

†Bynumia eumus Walcott 1924
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Dresbachian or 504.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) Bynumia eumus (8246 8272)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Bynumia eumus (55211 55222)