Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Anoria bessus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus bessus was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62699 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anoria bessus by Resser (1935) and Foster (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopus bessus Walcott p. 362 figs. pi. 51, figs. 3-3C
1935Anoria bessus Resser p. 10
2022Anoria bessus Foster p. 19

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusAnoriaWalcott 1924
speciesbessus()

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.

†Anoria bessus Walcott 1916
show all | hide all
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available