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Aldonaia

Trilobita - Aldonaiidae

Taxonomy
Aldonaia was named by Lermontova (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 462,474].

It was assigned to Aldonaiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. cylindrica, A. cylindricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Aldonaia Lermontova
2002Aldonaia Jell and Adrain p. 339
2002Aldonaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAldonaiidaeHupé 1953
genusAldonaiaLermontova 1940

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. †Aldonaia Lermontova 1940
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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-developedf
Created: 2010-02-08 00:43:41
Modified: 2010-02-08 02:43:41
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) A. punctuosa (81476) A. sp. (81478)
Botomian - Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Siberia) A. cylindrica (10013) A. cylindricus (9999)