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Symphysurina bulbosa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Symphysurina bulbosa was named by Lochman (1964). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 140813, a pygidium. Its type locality is 9,888'. Shell Oil Co. #43-22A Unit, Pine field, which is in a Gasconadian marine shale in the Deadwood Formation of Montana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Symphysurina bulbosa Lochman pp. 470 - 471 figs. P1. 66, figs. 4-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusSymphysurinaUlrich 1924
speciesbulbosa

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.

Symphysurina bulbosa Lochman 1964
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:34:07
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:34:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gasconadian to the top of the Skullrockian or 485.40000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Texas) Symphysurina bulbosa (219672 219673 219674)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Montana) Symphysurina bulbosa (type locality: 219668)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Utah) Symphysurina bulbosa (219669)