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Saratogia hera

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Saratogia hera was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61715-6 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Idahoia hera by Resser (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Saratogia hera Walcott p. 197 figs. pi. 35, figs. 2-2b
1935Idahoia hera Resser p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusSaratogiaWalcott 1916
speciesheraWalcott 1916

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.

Saratogia hera Walcott 1916
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:23:04
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:23:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available