Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Glossopleura gigantea

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Glossopleura gigantea was named by Resser (1939). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 96527, an exoskeleton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Glossopleura gigantea Resser p. 13 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 17

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusGlossopleuraPoulsen 1927
speciesgigantea

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.

Glossopleura gigantea Resser 1939
show all | hide all
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Glossopleura gigantea (75635 75636 75639)