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Weania neso

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Archegonus (Weania) neso was named by Fey (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 36767 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Weania neso by Hahn et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Archegonus (Weania) neso Fey pp. 47 - 62, 78, 100,102 figs. Abb. 13-16,Taf.2 Fig. 1-3
1998Weania neso Hahn et al. p. 186 figs. Abb.33-34 Taf 7 Fig.1-9

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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
genusWeania
speciesneso(Fey 1983)

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.

Weania neso Fey 1983
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chadian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Germany Weania neso (37185)