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Wilbernia

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Wilbernia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Wilbernia Walcott
2002Wilbernia Jell and Adrain p. 460
2002Wilbernia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusWilberniaWalcott 1924

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. †Wilbernia Walcott 1924
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Wilbernia explanatus Whitfield 1880
Wilbernia pero Walcott 1890
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 12:24:04
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:24:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian541.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) W. sp. (250)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) W. expansa (55304) W. sp. (55301 55302)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) W. pero (62102 62103 62108 62110 62112 62118 62119)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) W. sp. (248)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) W. sp. (251 184601)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) W. pero (247) W. sp. (249)
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) W. halli (9166 9167 9168)
Sunwaptan498.5 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) W. diademata, W. explanata (54087) W. explanata (54088 64686) W. pero (54091 64687 81306) W. sp. (81302)