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Parabolinella bolbifrons

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Parabolinella bolbifrons was named by Fortey and Owens (1997) [= 1996 Parabolinella sp. nov. Owens, p. 69, pl. 1, figs c-D.]. Its type specimen is BRSMG Cb4807 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 192 m W 32° S of Crawless Old Barn, which is in a Cressagian offshore shelf shale/sandstone in the Breadstone Shales Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Parabolinella bolbifrons Fortey and Owens pp. 456 - 458 figs. Plate 1, figures 1-8; Text-figures lA, 2
2013Parabolinella bolbifrons 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
genusParabolinellaBrögger 1882
speciesbolbifrons

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.

Parabolinella bolbifrons Fortey and Owens 1997
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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:05:01
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:05:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cressagian or 486.50000 to 482.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (Englad) Parabolinella bolbifrons (type locality: 235383)