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Burlingia angusta

Artiopoda - Burlingiidae

Taxonomy
Burlingia angusta was named by Ebbestad and Budd (2002). Its type specimen is PMO 167.853 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Slemmestad, which is in a Menevian marine shale in the Alum Shale Formation of Norway.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Burlingia angusta Ebbestad and Budd pp. 1174 - 1178 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyBurlingiidae
genusBurlingia
speciesangusta

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.

†Burlingia angusta Ebbestad and Budd 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 06:49:48
Modified: 2010-01-07 08:49:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Norway (Oslo-Asker) Burlingia angusta (type locality: 235497)