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Marekolithus kosoviensis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Cryptolithus kosoviensis was named by Marek (1952). Its type specimen is NM L17112, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Marekolithus kosoviensis by Shaw (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Cryptolithus kosoviensis Marek p. 434 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 1, 2, PI. 2, figs. 1, 2
1995Marekolithus kosoviensis Shaw pp. 20 - 21 figs. 15.12, 15.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMarekolithusShaw 1995
specieskosoviensis(Marek 1952)

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: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:35:52
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Kralodvorian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 450.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Cryptolithus kosoviensis (151985)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Prague) Marekolithus kosoviensis (76479)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Cryptolithus kosoviensis (3879 238013)