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Illaenus gelasinus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus gelasinus was named by Whittington (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18307, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Table Point, "Middle Table Head", 90 feet, which is in a Chazyan slope limestone in the Table Cove Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Illaenus gelasinus Whittington p. 397 figs. PL. 53, figs. 1, 5, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusIllaenusDalman 1827
speciesgelasinus

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.

Illaenus gelasinus Whittington 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 11:45:35
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:27:47
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Illaenus gelasinus (type locality: 104807 104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Illaenus gelasinus (104862 104868)