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Bollandia columba

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Bollandia columba was named by Tilsley (1988). Its type specimen is NMW86.25G.40, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. albae, B. megaira, B. proserpina, B. trivignoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Bollandia columba Tilsley pp. 164 - 165 figs. 5G-O

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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
subfamilyBollandiinaeHahn and Brauckmann 1988
genusBollandiaReed 1943
speciescolumba

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.

†Bollandia columba Tilsley 1988
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Chadian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Bollandia columba (5961 5964)