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Eurekia rintintini

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Taxonomy
Eurekia rintintini was named by Adrain and Westrop (2004). Its type specimen is SUI 99178, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is silicified fauna, Barton Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan deep subtidal grainstone in the Windfall Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Eurekia rintintini Adrain and Westrop p. 19 figs. Pl. 10, fig.s 2, 5, 8, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953
genusEurekiaWalcott 1924
speciesrintintini

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.

Eurekia rintintini Adrain and Westrop 2004
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:46:41
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:46:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) Eurekia rintintini (type locality: 235995)