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Athabaskia howelli

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Bathyuriscus howelli was named by Walcott (1886).

It was recombined as Clavaspidella howelli by Resser (1935); it was recombined as Athabaskia howelli by Palmer (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Bathyuriscus howelli Walcott p. 216 figs. pi. 30, figs. 2, 2a
1888Bathyuriscus howelli Walcott p. 165
1899Bathyuriscus howelli Toll p. 30 figs. pi. 2, fig. 11
1910Bathyuriscus howelli Grabau and Shimer p. 287 fig. 1592
1916Bathyuriscus howelli Walcott p. 343 figs. pi. 47. figs. 1, 1a-b
1935Bathyuriscus howelli Mason p. 110 figs. Plate 15, fig. 13
1935Clavaspidella howelli Resser p. 20
1954Athabaskia howelli Palmer pp. 66 - 67 figs. Plate 13, figure 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusAthabaskia
specieshowelli()

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.

Athabaskia howelli Walcott 1886
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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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Bathyuriscus howelli (191414)