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Highgatella

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Highgatella was named by Shaw (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Highgatella Shaw
2002Highgatella Jell and Adrain p. 384
2002Highgatella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusHighgatellaShaw 1955

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. †Highgatella Shaw 1955
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†Highgatella cordilleri Lochman 1964
†Highgatella wilsoni Loch et al. 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) H. sp. (229380)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) H. cordilleri (216005 216008)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) H. sp., H. cordilleri (105856)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Utah) H. cordilleri (219670 219671)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) Euloma cordilleri (106421)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Vermont) H. sp. (277)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) H. sp. (78091)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) H. cordilleri (11047 11048 11049 11050 11052 11060 11061 11062 11063 11064 11069)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (New Mexico) H. cordilleri (203894 203895)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Montana) Euloma cordilleri (232902)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) H. cordilleri (229377) Trilobita indet. (229376)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) H. cordilleri (75444)