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Eotrinucleus

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Eotrinucleus was named by Zhou and Zhang (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trinucleidae by Peng (1992); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eotrinucleus Zhou and Zhang
1992Eotrinucleus Peng
2002Eotrinucleus Jell and Adrain p. 471
2002Eotrinucleus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusEotrinucleusZhou and Zhang 1978

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.

G. †Eotrinucleus Zhou and Zhang 1978
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Eotrinucleus antiquus Peng 1992
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: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) E. antiquus (107329)