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Peachella brevispina

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Peachella brevispina was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4167-CO, Dublin Hills, which is in a Dyeran offshore horizon in the Carrara Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Peachella brevispina Palmer and Halley p. 75 figs. Plate 5, figures 1-3

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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
familyOlenellidae
genusPeachella
speciesbrevispina

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.

Peachella brevispina 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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 05:06:25
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:06:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Peachella brevispina (10618 10619 149649 226640 type locality: 226641)