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Bienvillia papulosa

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Triarthrus papulosus was named by Fortey (1974). Its type specimen is SMA 84100, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Porterfieldia papulosa by Ludvigsen and Tuffnell (1983); it was recombined as Bienvillia papulosa by Fortey and Droser (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Triarthrus papulosus Fortey p. 70 figs. Pl. 23, fig. 1
1983Porterfieldia papulosa Ludvigsen and Tuffnell p. 573
1999Bienvillia papulosa Fortey and Droser p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843
genusBienvilliaClark 1924
speciespapulosa()

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.

Bienvillia papulosa Fortey 1974
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:36:50
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:36:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Rangerian or 471.30000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Bienvillia papulosa (104653)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Triarthrus papulosus (106476 106477)