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Tonkinella breviceps

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Tonkinella breviceps was named by Kobayashi (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Tonkinella breviceps Kobayashi pp. 300 - 301 figs. Figs. 2 - 6
1994Tonkinella breviceps Sundberg pp. 35 - 37 figs. Figure 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
subfamilyOryctocephalinaeBeecher 1897
genusTonkinellaMansuy 1916
speciesbrevicepsKobayashi 1934

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.

Tonkinella breviceps Kobayashi 1934
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994onkinella with up- turned anterior border on cranidium. Pygidium with smooth margin, moderate ro moderately shallow pleural furrows of unifom depth not reaching border, narrow posterior pleural segment, segment width 7-11.5% pygidial width, 3-5 axial rings.
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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:04:29
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:04:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Tonkinella breviceps (10565 134059 134068 134070 134111 134113 134115 134116 134117)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Tonkinella breviceps (134249 134253 134254 134255 134257)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Spain (Leon) Tonkinella breviceps (55503)