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Delaria

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Delaria was named by Weller (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-l P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 624]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Delaria Weller
2002Delaria Jell and Adrain p. 365
2002Delaria Sepkoski
2003Delaria Owens p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusDelariaWeller 1944

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. †Delaria Weller 1944
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†Delaria antiqua Girty 1908
†Delaria brevis Brezinski 1992
†Delaria chinatiensis Brezinski 1992
†Delaria granti Brezinski 1992
†Delaria sevilloidia Chamberlain 1970
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Invalid names: Delaria macclintocki Cisne 1971 [synonym]
†Delaria snowi Cisne 1971
†Delaria westexensis Brezinski 1992
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) D. snowi, D. macclintocki (95380)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Anisopyge inornata (52898 95353) D. macclintocki (89629 89630 105410 105413) D. snowi (82803 86548 105414 105415)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Wyoming) Anisopyge sevilloidia (81512)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) D. antiqua (81950) D. antiqua, D. brevis (43495) D. antiqua, D. chinatiensis (102623) D. antiqua, D. granti (75865) D. antiqua, D. granti, D. brevis (43517) D. brevis (43513 43515 43589 101785) D. granti (43574 75881 102627) D. westexensis (131768)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) D. sevilloidia (129039)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Utah) D. macclintocki (83170 89396 89397)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Anisopyge antiqua (108832) D. antiqua (43563) D. antiqua, D. brevis (101782) D. antiqua, D. brevis, D. westexensis (101783) D. antiqua, D. granti (43553 81645 102610) D. antiqua, D. granti, D. brevis (101793 102611) D. antiqua, D. granti, D. brevis, D. westexensis (101807) D. antiqua, D. westexensis (102607) D. brevis (102603 102606 102614 102615) D. granti (43548 101767 102602 102605 102616 102621) D. granti, D. chinatiensis (43512) Ditomopyge roemeri (81693)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) D. macclintocki (105409)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) D. granti, D. brevis (102630)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) D. brevis (102619)