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Rorringtonia

Trilobita - Proetida - Rorringtoniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Rorringtonia Whittard
1970Analocaspis Owens
1983Zetaproetus Snajdr
1990Rorringtonia Owens and Hammann
1993Chenaspis Zhou and Xiang
2002Rorringtonia Jell and Adrain p. 440
2002Zetaproetus Jell and Adrain p. 463
2002Analocaspis Sepkoski
2002Rorringtonia Sepkoski
2004Rorringtonia Owens

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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
familyRorringtoniidae
genusRorringtoniaWhittard 1966

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. †Rorringtonia Whittard 1966
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Rorringtonia flabelliformis Whittard 1966
Rorringtonia kennedyi Owens 1981
Rorringtonia lenis Owens and Hammann 1990
Rorringtonia scanica Olin 1906
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Invalid names: Zetaproetus michle Snajdr 1983 [synonym]
Rorringtonia ursina Owens 1970
Rorringtonia vetula Reed 1935
Invalid names: Analocaspis Owens 1970 [synonym], Chenaspis Zhou and Xiang 1993 [synonym], Zetaproetus Snajdr 1983 [synonym]
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: 2010-02-22 04:43:47
Modified: 2010-02-22 06:43:47
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Telychian or 461.10000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom (Wales) R. kennedyi (216503 216511)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) R. multisegmentata (216443)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway Analocaspis ursina (162799)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway R. sp. (2945)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) R. vetula (208120)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) R. sp. (182201)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom R. scanica (165174)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Proetus vetulus (165043)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) Zetaproetus michle (151985)
Kralodvorian (early glacial)449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic R. scanica (165098)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic R. scanica (165097 165099)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Spain (Zaragoza) R. sp. (21057)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic Zetaproetus sp. (3879)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) R. scanica (165075 165076)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden R. scanica (162444)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Spain (Aragon) R. lenis (80725 80768 163399)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (England) R. scanica (165100)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Sweden (Dalarna) R. sp. (165095)