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Leptoplastides marianus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Parabolinopsis mariana was named by Hoek (1912) [in Steinmann and Hoek].

It was recombined as Leptoplastides mariana by Henningsmoen (1957), Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968); it was recombined as Leptoplastides marianus by Boyce (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spiniferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Parabolinopsis mariana Hoek p. 226 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-3
1957Parabolinopsis mariana Harrington and Leanza
1957Leptoplastides mariana Henningsmoen p. 266
1968Leptoplastides mariana Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 791
1986Leptoplastides marianus Boyce pp. 932 - 933 figs. 5.8–5.10, 5.13–5.22

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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
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusLeptoplastidesRaw 1908
speciesmarianus(Hoek 1912)

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
No diagnoses are available
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:40:38
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:41:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Tremadoc or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leptoplastides marianus (105869)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Leptoplastides marianus (208299 208300 208303 208304)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina Leptoplastides marianus (208283 208284 208285 208286 208287 208288 208289 208290 208291 208292 208293 208294)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Parabolinopsis mariana (115696 115769 115783 115803 115811 115812 115813 115815 115826 115831 115992 116021 116022 116025 116043 116048 116051 116090)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Leptoplastides marianus (74345 210703) Parabolinopsis mariana (9088 9094 9097 9099 9101 115581 115582 115651 115652 115666)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Leptoplastides marianus (9826 9828 9839)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Parabolinopsis mariana (8839)