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Niordilobites acutangulus

Trilobita - Burlingiidae

Taxonomy
Schmalenseeia acutangula was named by Westergård (1948). Its type specimen is SGU 6354 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gislövshammar, which is in a Menevian marine shale in the Alum Shale Formation of Sweden.

It was recombined as Niordilobites acutangulus by Geyer and Corbacho (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Schmalenseeia acutangula Westergård p. 4 figs. pl. 1, figs. 2-4 (only)
2002Schmalenseeia acutangula Ebbestad and Budd
2015Niordilobites acutangulus Geyer and Corbacho pp. 217 - 218 figs. 4, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyBurlingiidae
genusNiordilobites
speciesacutangulus(Westergård 1948)

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.

Niordilobites acutangulus Westergård 1948
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

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 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Schmalenseeia acutangula (235499)