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Highgatella cordilleri

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Euloma cordilleri was named by Lochman (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 140714, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Highgatella cordilleri by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Euloma cordilleri Lochman pp. 464 - 465 figs. P1. 63, figs. 27-38
2020Highgatella cordilleri Lemke p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusHighgatellaShaw 1955
speciescordilleri()

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.

†Highgatella cordilleri Lochman 1964
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Highgatella cordilleri (216005 216008)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) Highgatella cordilleri (219670 219671)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Highgatella cordilleri (105856)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Euloma cordilleri (106421)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New Mexico) Highgatella cordilleri (203894 203895)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Montana) Euloma cordilleri (232902)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) Highgatella cordilleri (75444)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Highgatella cordilleri (229377) Trilobita indet. (229376)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Highgatella cordilleri (11047 11048 11049 11050 11052 11060 11061 11062 11063 11064 11069)