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Nambeetella fitzroyensis

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Nambeetella fitzroyensis was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71177, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section RM 10, 477 m, Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, which is in an Arenig marine horizon in the Emanuel Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Nambeetella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Nambeetella fitzroyensis Legg p. 16 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusNambeetella
speciesfitzroyensis

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Western Australia) Nambeetella fitzroyensis (type locality: 236060)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Nambeetella fitzroyensis (157178 157180 157181 157182 157183 157184 157186)