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Lorrettina depressa

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Lorrettina depressa was named by Shergold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 15279, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lily Creek Section K204, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Lorrettina depressa Shergold p. 48 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusLorrettina
speciesdepressa

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.

Lorrettina depressa Shergold 1980
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) Lorrettina depressa (228024 type locality: 228027 228029 228030 228031 228043 228198 228203 228218)