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Dionidella venusta

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae

Taxonomy
Dionidella venusta was named by Zhou et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP 155372, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collection NJ537, Dawangou, northwestern Tarim Basin, which is in a Katian slope lime mudstone/mudstone in the Qilang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Dionidella venusta Zhou et al. p. 91 figs. Fig. 43G-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyDionididaeGürich 1907
genusDionidellaPrantl and Pribyl 1950
speciesvenusta

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.

Dionidella venusta Zhou et al. 2014
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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: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:55:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:55:06
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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Dionidella venusta (188376 type locality: 188378)