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Archegonus (Archegonus)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Archegonus (Archegonus) was named by Burmeister (1843). Its type is Calymene aequalis.

It was assigned to Archegonus by Burmeister (1843).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Archegonus (Archegonus) Burmeister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusArchegonusBurmeister 1843
subgenusArchegonusBurmeister 1843

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.

Subg. †Archegonus (Archegonus) Burmeister 1843
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 345.3Czech Republic Archegonus aequalis (138585)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany Archegonus aequalis (47474)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Archegonus antecedens, Archegonus aequalis (6959)