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Cryptolithoides ulrichi

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Cryptolithoides ulrichi was named by Whittington (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Cryptolithoides ulrichi Whittington

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCryptolithoidesWhittington 1941
speciesulrichiWhittington 1941

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.

†Cryptolithoides ulrichi Whittington 1941
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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
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:50:52
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:50:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Nevada) Cryptolithoides ulrichi (331)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Oklahoma) Cryptolithoides ulrichi (197140)