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Koldinioidia cylindrica

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Eoshumardia cylindrica was named by Shergold (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 9768, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B750, which is in an Iverian marine lime mudstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Koldinioidia cylindrica by Zhu and Peng (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Eoshumardia cylindrica Shergold p. 65 figs. Pl. 18, fig. 8
2006Koldinioidia cylindrica Zhu and Peng p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusKoldinioidia
speciescylindrica()

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.

Koldinioidia cylindrica Shergold 1971
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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: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) Eoshumardia cylindrica (198276)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Eoshumardia cylindrica (type locality: 198279) Koldinioidia cylindrica (198289 198290 198291 198292 198293 198294 198295 198297 198298)