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

Albertella spectrensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Albertella spectrensis was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Striped Hills, Carrara Fm, Pahrump Hills Shale Mbr. (USGS 4169-CO), which is in a Delamaran coastal mudstone/limestone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Albertella spectrensis Palmer and Halley p. 88 figs. Plate 9, figures 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 16

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
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusAlbertella
speciesspectrensis

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.

Albertella spectrensis Palmer and Halley 1979
show all | hide all
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:41:56
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:41:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Albertella spectrensis (type locality: 149606)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Albertella spectrensis (149643)