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Taenora platifrons

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Labiostria platifrons was named by Palmer (1954). Its type specimen is UT-32144, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WC-771, which is in a Paibian marine limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Taenora platifrons by Palmer (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Labiostria platifrons Palmer p. 751 figs. Pl. 86, fig. 6-8
1955Labiostria platifrons Palmer
1960Taenora platifrons Palmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusTaenora
speciesplatifrons()

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.

Taenora platifrons Palmer 1954
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ensyan or 497.00000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Taenora platifrons (131072)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) Labiostria platifrons (type locality: 208830)