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Saratogia

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Saratogia was named by Walcott (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 80,379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Idahoiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Idahoia serapio, Idahoia wisconsensis, S. hamula, S. hera, S. wisconsensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. lirae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Saratogia Walcott
1924Idahoia Walcott p. 58 figs. pl. 14, fig. 1
1949Meeria Frederickson
2002Saratogia Jell and Adrain p. 442
2002Idahoia Sepkoski
2002Meeria Sepkoski
2002Saratogia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusSaratogiaWalcott 1916

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. †Saratogia Walcott 1916
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†Saratogia hamula Owen 1852
†Saratogia hera Walcott 1916
Invalid names: Idahoia Walcott 1924 [synonym]
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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:23:04
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:23:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Idahoia sp. (250)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (New York) S. sp. (254)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) S. sp. (156629 156630)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) Idahoia serapia (62118) Idahoia serapio (62103 62106 62107 62108 62110 62111 62112 62113 62117) Idahoia serapio, Idahoia wisconsensis (62101 62102 62104 62105) Idahoia wisconsensis (62099 62100) S. hamula (62114 62115 62120 62121 62122 62124)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) Idahoia wyomingensis, S. fria (247)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Idahoia serapio (9734 9749) Idahoia sp. (9740 9744) Idahoia wisconsensis (9738 9741 9746 9751)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) S. sp. (9162 9164 9165)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) Idahoia sp. (184601) Idahoia sp., S. sp. (251)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) S. lirae (54087) S. serapio, S. wisconsensis (54088) S. wisconsensis (64687 81302)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) S. n. sp. (62077 62078)