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Porterfieldia caecigena

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Triarthrus caecigenus was named by Raymond (1920). Its type specimen is MCZ 1593, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Porterfieldia caecigenus by Cooper (1953); it was recombined as Porterfieldia caecigena by Tripp (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Triarthrus caecigenus Raymond p. 280
1925Triarthrus caecigenus Raymond pp. 52 - 53 figs. Plate 2, fig. 16
1925Triarthrus reedi Raymond p. 52
1953Porterfieldia caecigenus Cooper p. 8
1980Porterfieldia caecigena Tripp p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843
genusPorterfieldia
speciescaecigena(Raymond 1920)

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 caecigena Raymond 1920
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Invalid names: Triarthrus reedi Raymond 1925 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Longvillian or 456.60000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Porterfieldia caecigena (208115 208116 208120 208121)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Lenister) Porterfieldia caecigenus (55714)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Triarthrus reedi (165043 192745)