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Erbiella elegansia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dinesidae

Taxonomy
Erbiella elegansia was named by Fedyanina (1962). Its type specimen is ZSGU 84-7339a/60, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Erbiella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Erbiella elegansia Fedyanina p. 34 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDinesidaeLermontova 1940
genusErbiellaFedyanina 1962
specieselegansiaFedyanina 1962

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.

Erbiella elegansia Fedyanina 1962
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:19:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:19:02
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Toyonian or 512.10000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2USA (Alaska) Erbiella elegansia (239834)