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Dohmiella acanthonota

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dohmiella acanthonota was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2010) [Paratypes: Two cranidia (IRSNB a12764, a12773), one juvenile cranidium (IRSNB a12765), two librigenae (IRSNB a12769, a12771), one incomplete specimen (IRSNB a12770), three pygidia (IRSNB a12767, a12768, a12772).]. Its type specimen is IRSNB a12766, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerolstein02, which is in an Eifelian marine marl in the Ahrdorf Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Dohmiella acanthonota Van Viersen and Prescher p. 21 figs. Pl. 6, Figs 1-16; Pl. 7, Figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusDohmiellaLutke 1990
speciesacanthonota

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.

Dohmiella acanthonota Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Dohmiella acanthonota (type locality: 229336)