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Thalabaria plana

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoproetus planus was named by Engel and Morris (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NU L356. Glen William, south of Dungog, which is in a Tournaisian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/limestone in the Ararat Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Thalabaria.

It was recombined as Thalabaria plana by Engel and Morris (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cyrtoproetus planus Engel and Morris pp. 277 - 281 figs. pl. 2 f. 16-22; txt. f. 10
1989Thalabaria plana Engel and Morris p. 344 fig. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyWeaniinaeOwens 1983
genusThalabaria
speciesplana(Engel and Morris 1980)

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.

Thalabaria plana Engel and Morris 1980
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Cyrtoproetus planus (217055)