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Scharyia heothina

Trilobita - Proetida - Scharyiidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Scharyia heothina Owens

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyScharyiidaeOsmolska 1957
subfamilyScharyiinaeOsmolska 1957
genusScharyiaPribyl 1946
speciesheothina

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.

Scharyia heothina Owens 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:18:57
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:18:57
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Hirnantian or 449.50000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Scharyia heothina (124939)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Scharyia heothina (73408)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Scharyia heothina (73406)