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Irvingella major

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Irvingella major was named by Ulrich and Resser (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Irvingella major Ulrich and Resser p. 58 figs. pl. 10, fig. 3
1924Irvingella septentrionalis Walcott and Resser p. 10 figs. Pl. II, figs. 32, 33
1977Irvingella major Stitt p. 21 figs. PI. 1, fig. 12
2003Irvingella major Hong et al. p. 186 figs. Plate 2, figures 21-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusIrvingellaUlrich and Resser 1924
speciesmajorUlrich and Resser 1924

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.

Irvingella major Ulrich and Resser 1924
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Invalid names: Irvingella septentrionalis Walcott and Resser 1924 [synonym]
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:22:57
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:22:57
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Iverian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 494.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Irvingella major (9265 156631 156632 156634 156640 156641 156642 156661 156662 156670 156673 156675)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) Irvingella major (54078)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Arkansas) Irvingella major (225281)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Irvingella major (110633 111329 113399 113400 114610)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) Irvingella major (54074)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Irvingella major (118375 118376 118379 118380)
Steptoean - Sunwaptan497.0 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland) Irvingella major (196020)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Irvingella major (55226 55281)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Irvingella major (77107)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Irvingella major (9145 9153 9209)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Irvingella major (221069 221070)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Irvingella major (229191 229192)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) Irvingella major (156444)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Irvingella major (229128 229129 229131 229132 229133 229193 229194 229195 229196 229198)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) Irvingella major (128305 128306)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85South Korea Irvingella major (133466 133467 133469 133472)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) Irvingella major (133592)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) Irvingella septentrionalis (222974)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Irvingella major (240514 240515)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Irvingella major (54077 54084)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Irvingella major (62079 62080 62081)