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Mendosina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Mendosina was named by Shergold (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Trem Sepkoski's reference number: 483,496]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Mendosina Shergold
2002Mendosina Jell and Adrain
2002Mendosina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMendosinaShergold 1975

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. †Mendosina Shergold 1975
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Mendosina laciniosa Shergold 1971
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Batyrbaian to the top of the Iverian or 491.50000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 485.4Australia (Queensland) Richardsonella laciniosa (198279 198280)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (198292)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan M. laciniosa (118892 118893 118894 118895 118896 118897 118898 118899 118900 118901 118902 118903 118904)