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Dellea

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Dellea was named by Wilson (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,488].

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

Species
D. laevis, D. planafrons, D. punctata, D. suada, D. wilbernsensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. rasilis, D. rogersi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Dellea Wilson
1951Eshelmania Wilson
2002Dellea Jell and Adrain p. 365
2002Dellea Sepkoski
2002Eshelmania 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)
genusDelleaWilson 1949

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. †Dellea Wilson 1949
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†Dellea laevis Shergold 1971
†Dellea planafrons Hohensee and Stitt 1989
†Dellea punctata Palmer 1965
†Dellea suada Walcott 1890
†Dellea wilbernsensis Wilson 1949
Invalid names: Eshelmania Wilson 1951 [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
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 14:45:51
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:45:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

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

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) D. glabellamersa (156629 156630) D. glabellamersa, D. sp. (156634) D. saratogensis, Eshelmania sp. (9264) D. sp. (9262 156631 156632 156635 156637 156638 156640 156641 156642 156643 156644 156645 156656 156657 156658) D. sp., Eshelmania sp. (9263) D. spp. (62082)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) D. rasilis, D. sp. (54078)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) D. punctata (110632 110633 113400)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) D. forteyi, D. sp. (55226) D. sp. (55232)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) D. sp. (242 243)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Indiana) D. sp. (245)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Arkansas) D. suada (77107)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) D. saratogensis, D. suada (9197) D. suada (9191 9209)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) D. chattertoni (55301) D. sp. (55304)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) D. suada (9586)
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 485.4Australia (Queensland) D. laevis (198284)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Texas) D. sp. (156276 156277) D. sp., D. wilbernsensis (156274 156307) D. wilbernensis (156275 156342) D. wilbernsensis (156262 156263 156264 156269 156278 156283 156296 156299 156308 156313 156335 156348 156351)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Arkansas) D. sp., D. planafrons, D. suada (229131) D. suada (229129 229130 229133 229193 229194 229196 229197 229198)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) D. punctata (54084) D. rasilis, D. sp., D. punctata (54077)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) D. rogersi (62085 62094 62095) D. spp. (62078 62079 62080 62081 62084 62091) D. spp., D. rogersi (62092)