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Barrandia homfrayi

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Barrandia homfrayi Hicks
1987Barrandia homfrayi Fortey and Owens pp. 195 - 196 figs. 65a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusBarrandia
specieshomfrayi

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.

Barrandia homfrayi Hicks 1875
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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: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:28:42
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:28:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Barrandia homfrayi (69843 69844)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom Barrandia homfrayi (69742 69811 69814 69815 69816 69817 69818 69820 69836 69839 69840 69846)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom Barrandia homfrayi (69704 69705 69706 69709 69740 69767)