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Dellea suada

Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia suada was named by Walcott (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 23860 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dunderbergia suada by Resser (1935); it was recombined as Dellea suada by Stitt (1971), Hohensee and Stitt (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ptychoparia suada Walcott p. 274 figs. pi. 21, fig. 9
1935Dunderbergia suada Resser p. 24
1971Dellea suada Stitt pp. 47 - 48 figs. Pi. 1, fig. 5
1989Dellea suada Hohensee and Stitt p. 869

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusDelleaWilson 1949
speciessuada(Walcott 1890)

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.

Dellea suada Walcott 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:45:51
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:45:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Dellea suada (9618 221067 221068 221069)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Dellea suada (77107)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Dellea suada (131830)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Dellea suada (9191 9197 9209)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Dellea suada (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Dellea suada (229129 229130 229131 229133 229193 229194 229196 229197 229198)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Dellea suada (240517)