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Idahoia lirae

Artiopoda - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Meeria lirae was named by Frederickson (1949). It is the type species of Meeria.

It was recombined as Idahoia lirae by Stitt (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Meeria lirae Frederickson pp. 358 - 359 figs. pl. 72, figs. 3-6
1971Idahoia lirae Stitt pp. 26 - 28 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusIdahoiaWalcott 1916
specieslirae()

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.

Idahoia lirae Frederickson 1949
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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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:23:04
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:23:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Idahoia lirae (221074)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Idahoia lirae (240490 240491 240492 240494 240495 240496 240497 240498 240499) Idahoia lirae, Idahoia lirae (240493)