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Eurekiidae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Eurekiidae Hupé
1997Eurekiidae Whittington et al. p. 301
2005Eurekiidae Westrop et al.
2011Eurekiidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953

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. †Eurekiidae Hupé 1953
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G. †Arcadiaspis Westrop et al. 2005
G. †Bandalaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Bayfieldia Clark 1924
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Bayfieldia tumifrons Clark 1924
G. †Corbina
G. †Corbinia Walcott 1924
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Corbinia horatio Walcott 1924
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Invalid names: Corbinia valida Walcott 1925 [synonym]
G. †Eurekia Walcott 1924
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Eurekia apopsis Winston and Nicholls 1967
Eurekia plectocanthus Loch et al. 1993
G. †Leocephalus Ivshin 1962
G. †Lochmanaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Magnacephalus Stitt 1971
G. †Maladia Rose 1983
G. †Tostonia Walcott 1924
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:57:25
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:57:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Skullrockian or 492.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Alaska) Tostonia sp. (114982)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) Maladia sp. (247)
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 485.4Australia (Queensland) Tostonia sp. (198279)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) Bayfieldia sp., Corbinia horatio (229379 229380)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) Eurekia spp. (6871)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81270 81271)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Nevada) Eurekia sp. (8975)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) Corbinia horatio (11077 11078 11079 11080 11081) Corbinia implumis (54093 81305) Eurekia eos (81301) Eurekia eos, Bayfieldia simata (54096 81298) Eurekia longifrons, Bayfieldia sp., Corbinia implumis (54094)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Bayfieldia ulrichi (8933)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Nevada) Eurekia angustifrons, Eurekia dissimilis, Eurekia granulosa, Tostonia iole, Corbinia sp. (233789) Eurekia indet., Eurekiidae indet. (50831) Eurekia sp. (204002) Tostonia sp., Eurekiidae indet. (203998)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Eurekia bacata (55311) Eurekia sp. (55285 55308) Eurekia ulrichi (55310) Eurekia ulrichi, Eurekia apopsis (55312 55313)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) Corbinia horatio, Eurekia apopsis (54119)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Utah) Eurekia sp., Bayfieldia sp. (259)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Bayfieldia tumifrons (224140)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Bayfieldia bindosa (9767 9768) Bayfieldia simata (9774) Eurekia sp. (9776)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) Bayfieldia simata (219648 219651 219655 219678 233747) Bayfieldia simiata (233745) Corbinia apopsis (216009 216016 219656) Eurekia eos (216015 219652 219654 219657) Eurekia eos, Bayfieldia simata (216014)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Eurekia eos, Corbinia burkhalteri, Arcadiaspis bispinata (54180) Eurekia sp., Corbina sp. (256)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Corbinia apopsis (105857)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Texas) Bayfieldia binodosa, Bayfieldia simata, Bayfieldia simata var. A Winston and Nicholls 1967 (219680)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Texas) Tostonia sp. (223754)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eurekia ulrichi (81289 81290)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Yukon) Eurekia apopsis (55315)