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Hesslerides bufo

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia (Griffithides) bufo was named by Meek and Worthen (1870). It is the type species of Hesslerides.

It was recombined as Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) bufo by Chamberlain (1977); it was recombined as Hesslerides bufo by Brezinski (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Phillipsia (Griffithides) bufo Meek and Worthen p. 52
1977Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) bufo Chamberlain p. 767 figs. Pl 1, figs 12, 13; pl 2, figs 1-3
2000Hesslerides bufo Brezinski p. 1061

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusHesslerides
speciesbufo(Meek and Worthen 1870)

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.

Hesslerides bufo Meek and Worthen 1870
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Arundian or 345.00000 to 342.80000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian345.3 - 342.8USA (Indiana) Griffithides bufo (8107 8108 8109 8110 8111 8112 8114 8115 8116 8117 8118 8119 8120 8121 8128 8129 8130 8132 8133 8134 8135 8136 8137 8138 8139)
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0USA (Alaska) Griffithides bufo (132288)
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0USA (Kentucky) Griffithides bufo (2828)