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Strigigenalis knighti

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Peltabellia knighti was named by Boyce (1983). Its type specimen is NFM F-157, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BH-46, which is in a Jeffersonian peritidal packstone/grainstone in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada.

It was corrected as Peltabellia knightii by Boyce (1986); it was recombined as Strigigenalis knighti by Loch (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Peltabellia knighti Boyce
1986Peltabellia knightii Boyce
1989Peltabellia knighti Boyce p. 51 figs. Pl. 28, fig. 4
2005Peltabellia knighti Adrain and Westrop p. 1536
2007Strigigenalis knighti Loch p. 46

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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
speciesknighti()

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.

Strigigenalis knighti Boyce 1983
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Tulean or 482.30000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Peltabellia knighti (195781)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Peltabellia knighti (106227 type locality: 106228 106229 106233 106234)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Peltabellia knightii (196382)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Strigigenalis knighti (106831)