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Griffithidella welleri

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia welleri was named by Branson (1938) [Branson & Andrews in Branson 1938].

It was recombined as Griffithidella welleri by Hessler (1965) and Brezinski (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Phillipsia welleri Branson p. 118 figs. pl. 15, fig. 27 (not figs. 22,26,28)
1965Griffithidella welleri Hessler pp. 254; Table 3 figs. P1. 37, figs. 16-18,20
2000Griffithidella welleri Brezinski p. 1059

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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
genusGriffithidellaHessler 1965
specieswelleri()

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.

†Griffithidella welleri Branson 1938
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.90000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Griffithidella welleri (6734)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Missouri) Griffithidella welleri (220091 220092)