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Proehmaniella basilica

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ehmaniella basilica was named by Resser (1945). It is the type species of Proehmaniella.

It was recombined as Proehmaniella basilica by Sundberg (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Ehmaniella basilica Resser p. 206 figs. Plate 20, figures 19 - 20; Plate 23, figures 10 - 13
1994Proehmaniella basilica Sundberg pp. 73 - 75 figs. Figure 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyEhmaniellinae
genusProehmaniella
speciesbasilica(Resser 1945)

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.

Proehmaniella basilica Resser 1945
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Proebmaniella with cranidium with moderately rounded frontal lobe; frontal area moderately narrow (25-30% cranidial length); anterior border narrow (25-35% of frontal area), slightly curved, moderately convex; slightly posterolaterally directed ocular ridges (80-85° to axial trend); moderately wide fixigenae (50-60% glabellar width). Pygidium alate, blunt axis, anterior pleural bands very weak.
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Proehmaniella basilica (10532)