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Cedarina

Trilobita - Olenida - Cedariidae

Taxonomy
Cedarina was named by Lochman (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80,379].

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

Species
C. dakotaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Cedarina Lochman
2002Cedarina Jell and Adrain p. 355
2002Cedarina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyCedariidaeRaymond 1937
genusCedarinaLochman 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. †Cedarina Lochman 1940
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†Cedarina dakotaensis Stitt 1998
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
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 Williams et al. (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-02 14:44:44
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:44:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dresbachian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) C. schachti (230681) C. sp. (10572)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) C. cordillerae (8242 8251) C. cordillerae, C. dakotaensis (8274) C. dakotaensis (8237 8238 8239 8240 8241 8245 8246 8247 8248 8249 8250 8271 8272 8273 8275 8276 8277 8278 8279 8280 8281)
Menevian - St Davids504.5 - 497.0USA (South Dakota) C. dakotaensis (8195 8196 8197)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) C. cordillerae (208664 208665 208666 208671 208712 208713 208714 208716 208734 208770 208771 208772)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) C. cordillerae (55211) C. prima (55215)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (224 226 227)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (223)