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Hentigia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Hentigia was named by Haas et al. (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 892].

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003) and Fortey and Heward (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Hentigia Haas et al. p. 81
2002Hentigia Sepkoski
2003Hentigia Owens p. 381
2015Hentigia Fortey and Heward p. 204

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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
genusHentigia

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. †Hentigia Haas et al. 1980
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Hentigia argops Haas et al. 1980
Hentigia bulbops Haas et al. 1980
Hentigia ornata Fortey and Heward 2015
Hentigia planops Haas et al. 1980
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Kungurian or 315.20000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) H. argops (62696)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Afghanistan H. bulbops (95597) H. planops (109627)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman H. ornata (166923)