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Angelina latifrons

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Beltella latifrons was named by Wilson (1954). Its type specimen is CW-281, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4 mile SW Marathon section, collection 3 and 4, which is in a Tremadoc basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Marathon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Angelina latifrons by Henningsmoen (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Beltella latifrons Wilson p. 277 figs. Plate 26, figs 2, 4, 5, 7, 10
1957Angelina latifrons Henningsmoen p. 268

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAngelinaSalter 1859
specieslatifrons()

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.

Angelina latifrons Wilson 1954
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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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:34:41
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:34:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Texas) Beltella latifrons (type locality: 223754)