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Tympanuella transversa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Tympanuella transversa was named by Sundberg (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11906, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tympanuella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tympanuella transversa Sundberg pp. 87 - 89 figs. Figure 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusTympanuella
speciestransversa

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.

Tympanuella transversa Sundberg 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Same as genus. [Ehmaniellinae with subrectangu- lar cranidium with divergent facial sutures anterior of palpebral lobes; moderate to long palpebral lobes (35-45% glabellar length); well-defined anterior border, moderately narrow (10-15% cranidial length), slightly to moderately tapered; preglabellar field sagittally moderately wide (50-55% frontal area length); slightly tapered glabella; moderately round- ed frontal lobe; exsagittally narrow posterior area of fixigenae (20-35% glabellar length). Pygidium subtriangular with elongate axis, 4 axial rings; moderate depth pleural furrows; moderately convex anterior and posterior pleural bands.]
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: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Tympanuella transversa (134123 134124 134242 134244)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Tympanuella transversa (133726 133729)