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Ityophoridae

Trilobita - Ityophoridae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Ityophoridae Warburg
2002Ityophoridae Jell and Adrain p. 472
2011Ityophoridae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyItyophoridae
familyItyophoridae

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. †Ityophoridae Warburg 1925
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G. †Frognaspis Nikolaisen 1965
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Frognaspis stoermeri Nikolaisen 1965
G. †Ityophorus Warburg 1925
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Ityophorus undulatus Warburg 1925
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: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: JA: "utilized a cephalic [filter] feeding chamber" according to Fortey and Owens 1999f
Created: 2010-01-04 12:32:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Nabala or 458.40000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway Frognaspis sp. (2948)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway Frognaspis stoermeri (163187)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Ityophorus undulatus (124939)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Ringerike) Frognaspis stoermeri (162221)