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Formonia

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Formonia was named by Richter (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Drevermannia formosa.

It was reranked as Drevermannia (Formonia) by Lütke (1968).

It was assigned to Drevermannia by Lütke (1968); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Drevermanniinae by Basse (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Formonia Richter
1968Drevermannia (Formonia) Lütke
2002Formonia Jell and Adrain p. 376
2002Formonia Sepkoski
2007Formonia Basse pp. 72 - 73

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDrevermanniinaeMaximova 1960
genusFormoniaRichter 1928

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. †Formonia Richter 1928
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Formonia formosa Richter 1913
Formonia globigenata Richter 1913
Formonia scheldana Matern 1927
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Ivorian or 370.60000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Germany F. formosa, F. globigenata (217186)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany F. scheldana (217185)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Poland F. sp. (216570)