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Richardsonella kainelliformis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Richardsonella kainelliformis was named by Shergold (1971) [Questionably assigned to this genus]. Its type specimen is CPC 9712a, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B750, which is in a Franconian/Trempealeauan marine lime mudstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Richardsonella kainelliformis Shergold p. 40 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRichardsonellaRaymond 1924
specieskainelliformis

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Franconian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 485.4Australia (Queensland) Richardsonella kainelliformis (type locality: 198279)