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Geigibole heisingi

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudowaribole (Dushania) heisingi was named by Hahn and Brauckmann (1988). Its type specimen is FMW TK 29 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Geigibole heisingi by Müller and Hahn (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Pseudowaribole (Dushania) heisingi Hahn and Brauckmann p. 102–105 figs. Taf. 1, Fig. 1, Abb, 2a–b
2022Geigibole heisingi Müller and Hahn pp. 109 - 111 figs. Taf. 5, Fig. 1–4, Abb. 4a–b

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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
subfamilyWeaniinaeOwens 1983
genusGeigibole(Gandl 1968)
speciesheisingi(Hahn and Brauckmann 1988)

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.

Geigibole heisingi Hahn and Brauckmann 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Müller and G. Hahn 2022A species tentatively to Geigibole, with the following charac- ters: Anterior section of the cranidium at β wide (tr.). Eyes long and narrow, δ located just outside of β. Eyes very large. Librigenal spines narrow and very long. Pygidium subisopygous, with 11 to 12 rachis rings and seven to eight plesiomor- phic pairs of ribs.
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany (Nordrhein Westfalen) Geigibole heisingi (229490)