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Wenndorfia bostoviensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Digonus bostoviensis was named by Tomczykowa (1975). Its type specimen is IG. 1321.11.44, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Bostovian fauna at Bostow section, which is in a Helderbergian/Pragian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Bostów Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Wenndorfia bostoviensis by Caprichoso (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Digonus bostoviensis Tomczykowa figs. (PI. IV, Figs 1-4
2019Wenndorfia bostoviensis Caprichoso p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusWenndorfia
speciesbostoviensis()

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.

†Wenndorfia bostoviensis Tomczykowa 1975
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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 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 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Helderbergian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Poland Digonus bostoviensis (type locality: 13879)