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Australosutura gardneri

Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Cordania gardneri was named by Mitchell (1922). Its type specimen is AMF26974, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Australosutura gardneri by Campbell and Goldring (1960), Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Cordania gardneri Mitchell p. 535–540 figs. pl. 54
1924Cordania gardneri Mitchell p. 53 figs. pl.10, fig. 15
1960Australosutura gardneri Campbell and Goldring pp. 229-230 figs. pl. 40
2015Australosutura gardneri Vanderlaan and Ebach p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
genusAustralosuturaCampbell and Goldring 1960
speciesgardneri(Mitchell 1922)

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.

Australosutura gardneri Mitchell 1922
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015Cephalon and glabella strongly inflated; glabella subcylindrical with prominent subtriangular basal lobes and deeply incised S1 furrows; S2 present; preglabellar field short and high; border furrow very broad, concave and pitted; short convex border; strongly convex eyes; long genal spines; facial suture curves strongly away from the eye; surface of librigena, fixigena, preglabellar field, glabella and occipital ring with numerous tubercles. Nine thoracic segments. Pygidium with 15 axial rings, eight or more pleural ribs; rings strongly arched and tuberculate, with a prominent median row of tubercles; ribs also tuberculate.
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Namurian or 330.30000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean - Namurian346.7 - 318.7Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura gardneri (58051)
Namurian - Westphalian330.3 - 307.4Australia (New South Wales) Australosutura gardneri (58063)