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Robergiella neteorum

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Robergiella neteorum was named by Tripp (1980) [= 1879 Remopleurides sp. ind. Nicholson & Etheridge, p. 150, pi. 10, Fig. 12. = 1903 Remopleurides correctus (var. on explanation of plate 6), Reed, p. 38, pi. 6, figs. 4-5. = 1903 Remopleurides dorsospinifer Portlock; Reed, p. 38, pi. 6, fig. 6. = 1914 Remopleurides correctus Reed; Reed, p. 15, pi. 2, fig. 10.]. Its type specimen is GLAHM A3232a, b, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roadside quarry & due south on the south bank of Penwhapple Burn, which is in a Sandbian offshore mudstone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Robergiella neteorum Tripp p. 126 figs. Pl 1.24

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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
genusRobergiella
speciesneteorum

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.

Robergiella neteorum Tripp 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. P. Tripp 1980Anterior tongue at base less than 60% width of glabella; length of tongue more than 65% length of palpebral lobe. Field of free cheek faintly striate. Subgenal notch large.
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: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Robergiella neteorum (208115 208116 type locality: 208120 208121 208122 208124 208129)