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Eurekia ulrichi

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Taxonomy
Bayfieldia ulrichi was named by Rasetti (1945).

It was recombined as Eurekia ulrichi by Ludvigsen (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Bayfieldia ulrichi Rasetti p. 465 figs. Pl. 60, figs. 17- 19
1982Eurekia ulrichi Ludvigsen pp. 98 - 100 figs. 34, 61

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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
speciesulrichi(Rasetti 1945)

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 ulrichi Rasetti 1945
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Tremadocian or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81270 81271)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Bayfieldia ulrichi (8933)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Eurekia ulrichi (55310 55312 55313)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81289 81290)