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Toernquistia

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Toernquistia was named by Reed (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,795].

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Toernquistiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Dimeropygidae by Adrain and Westrop (2007).

Species
T. sanchezae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Toernquistia Reed
1998Paratoernquistia Chatterton et al. pp. 286-288
2002Paratoernquistia Jell and Adrain p. 422
2002Toernquistia Jell and Adrain p. 453
2002Paratoernquistia Sepkoski
2002Toernquistia Sepkoski
2007Toernquistia Adrain and Westrop p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusToernquistiaReed 1896

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. †Toernquistia Reed 1896
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†Toernquistia sanchezae Chatterton et al. 1998
Invalid names: Paratoernquistia Chatterton et al. 1998 [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: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Alvarez et al. 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rocklandian to the top of the Burrellian or 457.30000 to 452.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (Idaho) T. sp. (339)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (76076)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2Argentina (San Juan) Paratoernquistia sanchezae (73368 73369 73370 73380)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Argentina T. sp. (9033)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (181539 181541)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (208121) T. translata (208115) T. translata, T. sp. (208120)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina (San Juan) Paratoernquistia sanchezae (73378 73379 73388)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (GanSu) T. sp. (8565)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Colorado) T. sp. (10380 170686)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Nevada) T. idahoensis (331)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) T. translata (165043)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) T. sp. (2746)