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Stenoblepharum astinil

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Stenoblepharum astinil was named by Edgecombe et al. (1997). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 14562, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is LA j, Las Aguaditas North Section, ~5.5 km west and ~9.5 km south of San José da Jáchal, which is in a Costonian deep subtidal shelf marl/claystone in the Las Aguaditas Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Stenoblepharum astinil Edgecombe et al. pp. 423-432 figs. 4-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusStenoblepharum
speciesastinil

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.

Stenoblepharum astinil Edgecombe et al. 1997
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Costonian or 458.40000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian458.4 - 457.2Argentina (San Juan) Stenoblepharum astinil (70621 70622 70623 70625 type locality: 70626 70627)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina (San Juan) Stenoblepharum astinil (73388)