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Thaleops laurentiana

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Thaleops laurentiana was named by Amati and Westrop (2004). Its type specimen is NYSM 15235 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Illaenus americanus Billings p. 329 figs. 316a-d, 317
1979Nanillaenus americanus Ludvigsen p. 37
2004Thaleops laurentiana Amati and Westrop pp. 239 - 242 figs. Pls 15, 16)

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusThaleopsConrad 1843
specieslaurentiana

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.

Thaleops laurentiana Amati and Westrop 2004
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Invalid names: Illaenus americanus Billings 1859 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:00:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 20:00:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Caradoc or 453.80000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Illaenus americanus (26276)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Illaenus americanus (23092)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Nanillaenus americanus (181522)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Illaenus americanus (26269 26273 26277)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Illaenus americanus (163865 192340)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Illaenus americanus (26293 26294 26295)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Illaenus americanus (188769)