Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Bowmania pennsylvanica

Trilobita - Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae

Taxonomy
Bowmania pennsylvanica was named by Rasetti (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Bowmania pennsylvanica Rasetti pp. 395-396 figs. pI. 55 figs. 1-5
1971Bowmania pennsylvanica Stitt pp. 21 - 22 figs. PI. 7, fig. 10

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHeterocaryonidaeHupé 1953
genusBowmaniaWalcott 1925
speciespennsylvanicaRasetti 1959

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.

†Bowmania pennsylvanica Rasetti 1959
show all | hide all
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: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-21 05:01:03
Modified: 2010-01-21 07:01:03
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (New York) Bowmania pennsylvanica (257 85185)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Bowmania pennsylvanica (240444)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Bowmania pennsylvanica (219651 219652)