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Trinucleus conollyi

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Trinucleus conollyi was named by Fortey (2006). Its type specimen is It 27160 (External mould of incomplete exoskeleton) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 0.6 km SW of Clarbeston Farm, which is in a Costonian/Harnagian deep-water shale in the Mydrim Shales Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Trinucleus conollyi Fortey pp. 248 - 250 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTrinucleusMurchison 1839
speciesconollyi

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.

Trinucleus conollyi Fortey 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Fortey 2006Trinucleus species with 50 or more radial sulci on the relatively narrow (sag.) fringe; dorsal surface sculpture comprising fine reticulum; pygidium with up to ten pleural ribs.
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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:22:46
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:22:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Harnagian or 458.20000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Trinucleus conollyi (type locality: 216443)