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Poliella germana

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Ptarmigania germana was named by Resser (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Poliella germana by Fritz (1968) and Palmer and Halley (1979).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Ptarmigania germana Resser figs. pi. 7, figs. 16-20
1939Dolichometopsis gravis Resser p. 36 figs. pi. 7, figs. 6-9 (only)
1939Dolichometopsis potens Resser p. 36 figs. p. 36, pi. 6, figs. 17-20 (only)
1939Ptarmigania agrestis Resser p. 39 figs. pi. 7, figs. 1, 2
1939Ptarmigania altilis Resser p. 40 figs. pi. 7, figs. 3, 4 (only)
1939Ptarmigania dignata Resser p. 41 figs. pi. 8, figs. 1, 2, 4-7 (only)
1968Poliella germana Fritz p. 207 figs. p. 207, pi. 37, figs. 1-9
1979Poliella germana Palmer and Halley p. 79 figs. Plate 11, figures 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusPoliella()
speciesgermana(Resser 1939)

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.

Poliella germana Resser 1939
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Invalid names: Dolichometopsis gravis Resser 1939 [synonym], Dolichometopsis potens Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania agrestis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania altilis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania dignata Resser 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available