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Strigigenalis brevicaudata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Strigigenalis brevicaudata was named by Boyce (1989) [Paratypes: NFM F-160-2, F-115]. Its type specimen is NFM F-163, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BH-55-93, which is in a Jeffersonian peritidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Strigigenalis brevicaudata Boyce p. 54 figs. Pl. 30, figs. 1-3

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusStrigigenalisWhittington and Ross 1953
speciesbrevicaudata

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.

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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (195781)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (195756)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (106224 106229 106232 106233 106235 type locality: 106236)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (196382)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (195778)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (106237)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Strigigenalis brevicaudata (195776)