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Waribole (Latibole) yishanensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Waribole (Latibole) yishanensis was named by Yuan and Xiang (1998) [Waribole (Latibole?) yishanensis]. Its type specimen is GPIN 96792, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Waribole (Latibole) yishanensis Yuan and Xiang pp. 156 - 157 figs. pI. 23, figs. 10-11; pI. 24, figs. 1-2; text-fig. 51

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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
genusWariboleRichter and Richter 1926
subgenusLatiboleHahn and Hahn 1969
speciesyishanensis

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.

Waribole (Latibole) yishanensis Yuan and Xiang 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang 1998A new species of Waribole (Latibole) G. and R. Hahn, 1969 with the following features: Glabella cylindrical in outli ne, relatively short and plump, slightly constricted between r -r , weakly expanded between 0o, broadly rounded anteriorly, with 3 paris of glabellar furrows, of which the S 1 is deepest and isolated small subtriangular L 1; preglabellar field broad and concave; anterior branches of facial sutures long, more strongly divergent forward, posterior branches with longer straight sections E -(; ; palpebral lobes narrow (tr.), moderately long; r and E close to the dorsal furrows , (3 situated distinctly outside longitudinal projection of 0; pygidium gently vaulted, semicircular in outline; axis with 7-8 axial rings and a short faint postaxial ridge; pleural area with 4-5 pairs of pleural segments, of which posterior bands are more or less broader (exsag.) and highter than anterior bands, but only anterior two pairs are well differentiated; pleural and interpleural furrows shallow anteriorly, obsolete posteriorly; pygidial border broad and flat; without distinct border furrow.
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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guangxi) Waribole yishanensis (222336 222337 222338)