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Thomondia globosa

Trilobita - Isocolidae

Taxonomy
Thomondia globosa was named by Harper (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stream on south-eastern boundary of Ballyvorgal South, Slieve Bemagh Mountains, which is in a Katian marine mudstone in Ireland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Thomondia globosa Harper pp. 276-278 figs. pI. 4, figs. 1-8
1959Thomondia globosa Weir pp. 375 - 377 figs. pl. 62, figs. 11-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyIsocolidaeAngelin 1854
genusThomondiaHarper 1942
speciesglobosaHarper 1942

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.

Thomondia globosa Harper 1942
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Weir 1959Isocolidae with a single pair of pit-like lateral glabellar furrows confluent with occipital furrow; lateral border furrows conf1uent with preglabellar furrow; facial sutures situated on lateral border.
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: blindf
Created: 2010-01-04 12:55:47
Modified: 2010-01-04 14:55:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Katian or 453.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Ireland Thomondia globosa (type locality: 162246)