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Stenopareia balclatchiensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus balclatchiensis was named by Reed (1904). Its type specimen is BM In. 21727 (lectotype), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stenopareia balclatchiensis by Tripp (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Illaenus balclatchiensis Reed p. 56 figs. pl. 8, fig 12-16
1980Stenopareia balclatchiensis Tripp p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusStenopareiaHolm 1886
speciesbalclatchiensis(Reed 1904)

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.

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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 11:54:37
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:28:20
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Sandbian or 456.60000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Stenopareia balclatchiensis (208115 208116 208120 208121 208122 208129)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Stenopareia balclatchiensis (165043)