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Weberides mucronatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia mucronata was named by McCoy (1844). It is the type species of Weberides.

It was recombined as Paladin mucronata by Osmólska (1970); it was recombined as Weberides mucronatus by Reed (1942) and Brezinski (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Phillipsia mucronata McCoy
1942Weberides mucronatus Reed
1970Paladin mucronata Osmólska
2005Weberides mucronatus Brezinski pp. 83 - 84

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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
genusWeberidesReed 1942
speciesmucronatus(McCoy 1844)

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.

Weberides mucronatus McCoy 1844
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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, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Weberides mucronatus (73421 73423 73424 73427)