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Euloma (Plecteuloma)

Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae

Taxonomy
Euloma (Plecteuloma) was named by Shergold (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. Its type is Euloma (Plecteuloma) strix.

It was reranked as Plecteuloma by Shergold (1980), Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Euloma by Shergold (1975); to Eulominae by Shergold (1980); to Eulomidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Euloma (Plecteuloma) Shergold
1980Plecteuloma Shergold p. 43
2002Plecteuloma Jell and Adrain p. 427
2002Plecteuloma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyEulomidaeKobayashi 1955
genusEulomaAngelin 1854
subgenusPlecteulomaShergold 1975

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.

Subg. †Euloma (Plecteuloma) Shergold 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:17:57
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:17:57
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) Euloma sirix (198290)