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Porterfieldia turneri

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Bienvillia turneri was named by Baldis and Poethe (1995).

It was recombined as Porterfieldia turneri by Waisfeld and Vaccari (2003), Edgecombe et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Bienvillia turneri Baldis and Poethe p. 413 figs. pl. 1, figs 1, 2
2003Porterfieldia turneri Waisfeld and Vaccari p. 310 figs. pl. 14, figs. 9-12
2005Porterfieldia turneri Edgecombe et al. p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843
genusPorterfieldia
speciesturneri(Baldis and Poethe 1995)

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.

Porterfieldia turneri Baldis and Poethe 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-03 04:54:55
Modified: 2010-01-03 06:54:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Llanvirn or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Argentina Bienvillia turneri (210668)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) Porterfieldia turneri (73372 73374 73375 73377)