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Nevadia gracile

Trilobita - Redlichiida

Taxonomy
Wanneria gracile was named by Walcott (1910).

It was recombined as Nevadella gracile by Hunt and Mabey (1966); it was recombined as Nevadia gracile by Lieberman (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Wanneria gracile Walcott p. 298 figs. Plate 38, Figs. 15-24
1966Nevadella gracile Hunt and Mabey
2001Nevadia gracile Lieberman p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyNevadioidea
genusNevadia
speciesgracile()

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.

Nevadia gracile Walcott 1910
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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: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-06-08 10:26:57
Modified: 2009-06-08 12:26:57
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Dyeran or 520.00000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0USA (California) Nevadella gracile (226259)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) Wanneria gracile (203379)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Wanneria gracile (226565 226617 226618 226622)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Wanneria gracile (203345)