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Eurekia eos

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites eos was named by Hall (1863).

It was recombined as Eurekia eos by Stitt (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Conocephalites eos Hall p. 151 figs. pI. 7, figs. 24, 25; pI. 8, figs. 8, 9
1971Eurekia eos Stitt p. 42 figs. PI. 5, figs. 14, 15

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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
specieseos()

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 eos Hall 1863
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Texas) Eurekia eos (185210)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Eurekia eos (240393 240399 240400 240412 240415 240416 240417 240418 240419 240441 240442 240443 240444 240445 240447 240451 240453 240454)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Eurekia eos (54096 81298 81301)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Eurekia eos (216014 216015 219652 219654 219657)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Eurekia eos (54180)