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Warburgella (Warburgella) capetos

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Warburgella (Warburgella) capetos was named by Howells (1982). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSE 13502, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Knockgardner Quarry, which is in a Wenlock shallow subtidal sandstone/siltstone in the Knockgardner Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Warburgella (Warburgella) capetos Howells p. 21 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 10

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusWarburgellaReed 1931
subgenusWarburgellaReed 1931
speciescapetos

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.

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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 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 08:17:27
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:17:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wenlock or 438.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Warburgella capetos (23089)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Warburgella capetos (188542)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Warburgella capetos (type locality: 188540)