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Terranovella dorsalis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites dorsalis was named by Hall (1863). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ptychoparia dorsalis by Vogdes (1890); it was recombined as Terranovella dorsalis by Raasch and Lochman (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Conocephalites dorsalis Hall p. 222
1890Ptychoparia dorsalis Vogdes p. 141
1943Terranovella dorsalis Raasch and Lochman p. 234 figs. pl. 35, figs. 3-10, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusTerranovellaLochman 1938
speciesdorsalis(Hall 1863)

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.

Terranovella dorsalis Hall 1863
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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-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Dresbachian to the top of the Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dresbachian - Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Terranovella dorsalis (54236 78935)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Virginia) Terranovella dorsalis (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Nunavut) Terranovella dorsalis (10775 10776 10777)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Terranovella dorsalis (7286 7294 7374 7375 7400 7402 8021 8082)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Terranovella dorsalis (55221 55279)