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Winiskia

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Winiskia was named by Norford (1981).

It was assigned to Trilobita by Jin et al. (1993); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Crassiproetinae by Owens (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Winiskia Norford
1993Winiskia Jin et al.
2002Winiskia Jell and Adrain p. 460
2006Winiskia Owens

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyCrassiproetinaeOsmólska 1970
genusWiniskiaNorford 1981

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.

G. †Winiskia Norford 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Homerian or 438.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) W. perryi (77326 77328 77334 77335 77336)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) W. longbottomae (682 229171)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Nunavut) W. youngi (25975)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) W. curranti (687) W. youngi (689)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) W. curranti (229172)