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Rhadinopleura eurycephala

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Rhadinopleura eurycephala was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Rhadinopleura eurycephala Harrington and Leanza p. 207

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusRhadinopleuraHarrington and Leanza 1957
specieseurycephala

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.

†Rhadinopleura eurycephala Harrington and Leanza 1957
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-26 02:00:54
Modified: 2010-01-26 04:00:54
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Skullrockian to the top of the Furongian or 487.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (La Rioja) Rhadinopleura eurycephala (42518)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Argentina (La Rioja) Rhadinopleura eurycephala (116138)