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Valtorresia

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Valtorresia was named by Shergold and Sduzy (1991). Its type is Valtorresia volkeri.

It was assigned to Idahoiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
V. volkeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Valtorresia Shergold and Sduzy
2002Valtorresia Jell and Adrain p. 458

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusValtorresiaShergold and Sduzy 1991

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.

G. †Valtorresia Shergold and Sduzy 1991
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Valtorresia volkeri Shergold and Sduzy 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:57
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:02:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Spain V. volkeri (197252)