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Cummingella carringtonensis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithides carringtonensis was named by Etheridge and Woodward (1883) [Griffithides ?Carringtonensis]. Its type specimen is GSM No . 103111, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cummingella carringtonensis by Osmólska (1970).

Synonyms
  • Cummingella balladoolensis was named by Reed (1942). Its type specimen is HMG A 3704, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cummingella carringtonensis by Osmólska (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Griffithides carringtonensis Etheridge and Woodward p. 41 figs. pl. 9 f. 6a-b
1942Cummingella balladoolensis Reed p. 649 figs. pl. 10 f. 1-3
1970Cummingella carringtonensis Osmólska pp. 61 - 63 figs. PI. VII, Figs 1-4,7-11,13 ; Text-fig. SC,l,M,R, V

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusCummingellaReed 1942
speciescarringtonensis(Etheridge and Woodward 1883)

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.

†Cummingella carringtonensis Etheridge and Woodward 1883
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Invalid names: Cummingella balladoolensis Reed 1942 [synonym]
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 339.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belgium Cummingella carringtonensis (37131)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom Cummingella carringtonensis (37318)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Germany Cummingella carringtonensis (42592)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Cummingella carringtonensis (5965 5966 242121)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Belgium Cummingella carringtonensis (42593)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Cummingella carringtonensis (6950)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Cummingella carringtonensis (76172)