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Parabolina (Parabolina) acanthura

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Olenus acanthurus was named by Angelin (1854).

It was recombined as Parabolina acanthura by Henningsmoen (1957); it was recombined as Parabolina (Parabolina) acanthura by Monti and Confalonieri (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Olenus acanthurus Angelin p. 44 figs. pl. 25 f. 7
1957Parabolina acanthura Henningsmoen p. 116 figs. pl. 7; pl. 10 figs. 1-6
2019Parabolina (Parabolina) acanthura Monti and Confalonieri

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusParabolinaSalter 1849
subgenusParabolinaSalter 1849
speciesacanthura(Angelin 1854)

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.

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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
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 12:42:55
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:42:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Niuchehean or 486.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Parabolina acanthura (229511)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.7Poland Parabolina acanthura (72274)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4Norway (Naersnes) Parabolina acanthura (156945 156946)
Niuchehean - Tremadoc489.5 - 477.7Norway (Naersnes) Parabolina acanthura (156947 156948 156955)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway Parabolina acanthura (3105)