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Stenopareia grandis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenus grandis was named by Billings (1859). Its type specimen is GSC 2322 (lectotype), a pygidium (plus thorax), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stenopareia grandis by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Illaenus grandis Billings
2004Stenopareia grandis Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusStenopareiaHolm 1886
speciesgrandis(Billings 1859)

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.

Stenopareia grandis Billings 1859
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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: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 11:54:37
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:28:20
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Stenopareia grandis (184996 187777)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Stenopareia grandis (184407 184408 184409 186046)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Stenopareia grandis (186086 186087)