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Estaingia cerastes

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Estaingiidae

Taxonomy
Strenax cerastes was named by Öpik (1975).

It was recombined as Estaingia cerastes by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Strenax cerastes Öpik pp. 14 - 16 figs. PI. 2, figs 1-6; Text-fig. 4
2002Estaingia cerastes Jell and Adrain p. 448

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEstaingiidaeOpik 1970
genusEstaingiaPocock 1964
speciescerastes()

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.

Estaingia cerastes Öpik 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-05 23:09:10
Modified: 2010-01-06 01:09:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (New South Wales) Strenax cerastes (225136)