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Cyrtosymbolina nieensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbolina nieensis was named by Basse and Lemke (2011). Its type specimen is SMF 88173 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Central south wall of the Nie north brickworks Letmathe, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Plattensandstein Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Cyrtosymbolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Cyrtosymbolina nieensis Basse and Lemke pp. 62 - 65 figs. Taf. 1, Fig. 1-7

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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
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymbolina
speciesnieensis

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.

Cyrtosymbolina nieensis Basse and Lemke 2011
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyrtosymbolina nieensis (type locality: 229232)