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Failleana limbata

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Bumastus limbatus was named by Raymond (1910) [Paratype: librigena, YPM 25654. Includes Illaenus indeterminatus Walcott from Raymond (1905), p. 347, Pl. 13, fig. 1, 2.]. Its type specimen is YPM 23301, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platillaenus limbatus by Shaw (1968); it was recombined as Failleana limbata by Shaw and Bolton (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. luerkouensis, F. maccallumi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Bumastus limbatus Raymond p. 230 figs. P. 35, figs. 1, 2
1925Bumastus limbatus Raymond pp. 121 - 122
1968Platillaenus limbatus Shaw p. 46
2011Failleana limbata Shaw and Bolton p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusFailleanaChatterton and Ludvigson 1976
specieslimbata(Raymond 1910)

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.

†Failleana limbata Raymond 1910
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Blackriveran or 470.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Platillaenus limbatus (103014 103017 103280 103302 103305 103314)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Platillaenus limbatus (103298)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Failleana limbata (111333 111348 111358 111364 111431 111432 111439 111441)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Platillaenus limbatus (23892)