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Burnetiella

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Burnetiella was named by Lochmann (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

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

Species
Burnetia alta
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. exilis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Burnetia Walcott
1958Burnetiella Lochmann
2002Burnetiella Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Burnetiella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusBurnetiellaLochmann 1958

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. †Burnetiella Lochmann 1958
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Invalid names: Burnetia Walcott 1924 [replaced]
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: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Dolgellian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) B. leechi (54074)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) B. urania (156634 156640 156641 156642 156644 156656 156657 156658 156660 156669 156673 156674 156675)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Burnetia sp. (267)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (British Columbia) B. sp. (50595)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Burnetia alta (8952 9045 9046)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) B. alta (9144 9197) B. alta, B. exilis (9154) B. exilis (9208)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) B. sp. (242 243 246)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Arkansas) B. exilis (229196)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Texas) Burnetia urania (156262 156296 156335 156348)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) B. ectypa (62081 62091 62092)