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Bristolia anteros

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Bristolia anteros was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grapevine Mountains (USGS 4144-CO), which is in a Dyeran shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Carrara Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Bristolia anteros Palmer and Halley p. 63 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1–13
1999Bristolia anteros Lieberman p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyBiceratopsidae
subfamilyBristoliinae
genusBristolia
speciesanteros

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.

Bristolia anteros Palmer and Halley 1979
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-06-02 14:44:05
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:44:05
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Bristolia anteros (10611 10613 type locality: 149610 149629 149699 151378 219695 226626 230439)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Bristolia anteros (149555 149556 149558)