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Trephina

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Trephina was named by Smith et al. (2018). Its type is Trephina ranfordi.

It was assigned to Leiostegiidae by Smith et al. (2018).

Species
T. ranfordi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Trephina Smith et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusTrephina

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.

G. †Trephina Smith et al. 2018
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†Trephina ranfordi Smith et al. 2018
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Mindyallan or 499.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) T. ranfordi (208577 208578 236877 236878)