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Palpebralia (Palpebralia) adorfensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Drevermannia adorfensis was named by Richter (1913).

It was recombined as Drevermannia (Palpebralia) adorfensis by Richter and Richter (1926); it was recombined as Palpebralia (Palpebralia) adorfensis by Hahn and Hahn (1975); it was recombined as Rudybole adorfensis by Feist and McNamara (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Drevermannia adorfensis Richter p. 371 figs. pl. 22, fig. 7
1926Drevermannia (Palpebralia) adorfensis Richter and Richter p. 248
1975Palpebralia (Palpebralia) adorfensis Hahn and Hahn p. 33
2013Rudybole adorfensis Feist and McNamara p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDrevermanniinaeMaximova 1960
genusPalpebraliaRichter and Richter 1927
subgenusPalpebraliaRichter and Richter 1913
speciesadorfensis()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013Rudybole adorfensis is characterized by the sudden outward excursion of the anteriormost facial sutures. Closely related specimens occurring in the Canning Basin are assigned to R. adorfensis angusta subsp. nov.
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: deposit feedero
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 02:43:20
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:43:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany Palpebralia adorfensis (217011)