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Armonia elongata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Taxonomy
Asaphiscus (Blainia) elongatus was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62812 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Armonia elongata by Resser (1936).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Asaphiscus (Blainia) elongatus Walcott p. 393 figs. pi. 63, figs. 4, 4a
1924Armonia pelops Walcott p. 54 figs. Pl. 10, Fig. 1
1925Armonia pelops Walcott p. 69 figs. Pl. 17, Figs. 28 - 31
1936Armonia elongata Resser p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMarjumiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusArmoniaWalcott 1924
specieselongata()

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.

†Armonia elongata Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Armonia pelops Walcott 1924 [synonym]
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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 11:57:32
Modified: 2009-02-26 13:57:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Cambrian or 541.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian541.0 - 485.4USA (Georgia) Armonia elongata (164675)