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Stittella

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Stittella was named by Westrop et al. (2010). Its type is Stittella beeae.

It was assigned to Dokimocephalidae by Westrop et al. (2010).

Species
S. beeae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Stittella Westrop et al. p. 597

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusStittella

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. †Stittella Westrop et al. 2010
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Stittella beeae Westrop et al. 2010
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. R. Westrop et al. 2010Very short frontal area that occupies less than 20% of cranidial length. Librigena with long, stout genal spine directed backward steeply upward. Pygidium relatively narrow, with length equal to half of width; anterior margin curved sharply backward abaxially; articulating facet long.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available