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Reediella

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Reediella was named by Osmolska (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetinae by Osmólska (1970); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Bollandiinae by Hahn et al. (2012).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Reediella Osmolska
1970Reediella Osmólska p. 39
2002Reediella Jell and Adrain p. 438
2002Reediella Sepkoski
2012Reediella Hahn et al. p. 59

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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
subfamilyBollandiinaeHahn and Brauckmann 1988
genusReediellaOsmolska 1970

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. †Reediella Osmolska 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Osmólska 1970Cephalon strongly convex longitudinally and transversely, cephalic border upturned, very close or coalesced frontally with glabella, the latter short to very short, parallelsided; eye short but high, with vertically placed visual lobe, covered by very broad (zr.), flat palpebral lobe; pygidium short, vaulted, with axis of 10-12 rings; 7-9 convex ribs on pleural lobes; border distinct, convex; coarse, granular ornamentation.
G. Hahn et al. 2012Eine nur durch das Pygidium bekannte Unterart von Reediella mitchelli mit folgenden Besonderheiten: Rhachis mit 10 Ringen, Pleural-Felder mit 8 Rippen-Paaren. Rhachis-Ringe und Rippen-Paare mit einer Reihe kleiner Hšcker besetzt.
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Asbian or 353.80000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Léon) R. granifera (67110)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) R. echinata (67109) R. stipulata (67111)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) R. reedi (5963)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) R. granifera (5965)