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Bedicella cicatricosa

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Bedicella cicatricosa was named by Hahn et al. (1990). Its type specimen is EHW-J 1121, an exoskeleton (complete trilobite lacking free cheeks), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Na Peceh, Karavanke Mountains, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dolzanova Soteska Formation of Slovenia. It is the type species of Bedicella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Bedicella cicatricosa Hahn et al. p. 147 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-5; text-figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusBedicella
speciescicatricosa

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.

Bedicella cicatricosa Hahn et al. 1990
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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 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Bedicella cicatricosa (type locality: 109631)