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Mirabolinae

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Mirabolinae was named by Yuan and Xiang (1998).

It was assigned to Phillipsiidae by Yuan and Xiang (1998); and to Proetidae by Feist et al. (2000), Gandl et al. (2015) and Bault et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Mirabolinae Yuan and Xiang p. 182
2000Mirabolinae Feist et al. p. 522
2015Mirabolinae Gandl et al. p. 52
2022Mirabolinae Bault et al. pp. 104035-3

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyMirabolinaeYuan and Xiang 1998
subfamilyMirabolinaeYuan and Xiang 1998

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.

Subfm. †Mirabolinae Yuan and Xiang 1998
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G. †Mirabole Osmólska 1962
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Subg. †Mirabole (Mirabole) Osmólska 1962
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Mirabole (Mirabole) crassa Chlupáč 1966
Mirabole (Mirabole) sortitus Chlupáč 1966
Mirabole kielanae Osmólska 1962
G. †Struveproetus Feist et al. 2000
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Struveproetus ocellatus Feist et al. 2000
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang 1998A new subfamily of Phillipsiidae (Oehlert,1886), Hahn, Hahn and Brauckmann, 1980 with the following features: Cranidium gently vaulted, subtrapezoidal in outline; glabella hardly upraised above cheek area, truncated conical to subcylindrical in outline, with 3-4 pairs of obsolete glabellar furrows; occipital furrow distinct medially, shallowing laterally, isolating from the dorsal furrows, with faint lateral branches; occipital ring with or without inconspicuous to distinct occipital solution; anterior border broad (sag.) and flat; palpebral lobe moderately long and narrow (tr.) to rudimentary, fairly distant from glabella; eye ridges distinct in meraspid period, rudimentary in adults; facial suture from fJ to () nearly straight , slanting backwards, r a n d E. far from dorsal furrows; eye medium in size to absent; free cheek with or without genal spine; thorax with 7 segments; pygidium gently vaulted, with suppressed relief of axial rings and pleural ribs in adults; pygidial border well differentiated with 7-8 pairs of marginal spines in meraspid period.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Tournaisian or 364.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Guangxi) Mirabole crassa (229268)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) Mirabole kielanae (218959 218960 218961 218962 218963 218964 218965 218966) Mirabole muhuaensis (218956 218957 218958)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Sauerland) Struveproetus n. sp. A, Struveproetus ocellatus (172534)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Struveproetus ocellatus (229402)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guangxi) Mirabole crassa (222336 222337 222338) Mirabole sp. (12500 12504)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Czech Republic Mirabole kielanae, Cyrtosymbole debita, Mirabole sortita (218975)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Poland (Northern Kielce) Cyrtosymbole kielanae (217187)