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Emuellidae

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Emuellidae

Taxonomy
Emuellidae was named by Popcock (1970). It is not extant. It is the type family of Emuelloidea.

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Whittington et al. (1997); to Redlichiina by Paterson and Edgecombe (2006); and to Emuelloidea by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Emuellidae Popcock
1997Emuellidae Whittington et al. p. 429
2006Emuellidae Paterson and Edgecombe p. 501
2011Emuellidae Adrain p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEmuelloideaPocock 1970
familyEmuellidaePopcock 1970
familyEmuellidaePopcock 1970

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.

Fm. †Emuellidae Popcock 1970
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G. †Balcoracania Pocock 1970
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Balcoracania dailyi Pocock 1970
G. †Emuella Pocock 1970
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Emuella dalgarnoi Pocock 1970
Emuella polymera Pocock 1970
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 07:40:51
Modified: 2009-12-21 09:40:51
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Balcoracania sp. (42286)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Balcoracania dailyi (187498)