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Osmolskia convexa

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Formonia convexa was named by Osmólska (1962). Its type specimen is IG 173, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zaremby, Heiligkreuz, which is in an Ivorian marine schist in Poland.

It was recombined as Osmolskia convexa by Chlupáč (1966), Hahn et al. (1997) and Müller (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Formonia convexa Osmólska pp. 156-158 figs. Text-Fig. 6, 1a-b, Text-pl. 7 Fig. 9a-b, pl. 18 Fig. 3-5.
1966Osmolskia convexa Chlupáč p. 84
1997Osmolskia convexa Hahn et al.
2010Osmolskia convexa Müller pp. 51 - 53 figs. txt. f. 1, pl 2 f. 4-7

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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
genusOsmolskia
speciesconvexa()

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.

†Osmolskia convexa Osmólska 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Müller 2010Die typische Art von Osmolskia mit folgenden Besonderheiten – Cephalon mit mäßig langem Frontal-Stachel und konischer Glabella.
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ivorian or 353.80000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Poland Formonia convexa (type locality: 216570)