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Curriella newlandensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Curriella newlandensis was named by Lamont (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 200 m east of Newlands Farm in the Craighead Inlier, which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf siltstone in the Newlands Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Curriella newlandensis Lamont
1990Curriella newlandensis Edgecombe and Chatterton pp. 823, Table 1 figs. pl. 1 2, 3, 5, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCurriellaLamont 1978
speciesnewlandensis

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.

Curriella newlandensis Lamont 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Aeronian or 440.50000 to 438.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Curriella newlandensis (type locality: 153465)