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Dolichometopidae

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolichometopidae Walcott p. 330
1916Dolichometopinae Walcott p. 330
1979Dolichometopidae Palmer and Halley p. 78
1994Dolichometopidae Sundberg p. 40
1997Dolichometopidae Whittington et al. p. 298
1998Dolichometopidae Eddy and McCollum p. 869
2003Dolichometopidae Sundberg and McCollum p. 337
2009Dolichometopidae Whttington pp. 3 - 4
2011Dolichometopidae Adrain p. 105
2015Dolichometopidae Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
familyDolichometopidae

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.

Fm. †Dolichometopidae Walcott 1916
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G. †Amphoton Lorenz 1906
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Amphoton alceste Walcott 1905
Amphoton deois Walcott 1905
Amphoton oatesi Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
Amphoton typicum Kobayashi 1942
Invalid names: Amphotonella Kobayashi 1942 [synonym], Eurodeois Opik 1982 [synonym], Sunia Kobayashi 1942 [synonym]
G. †Anoria Walcott 1924
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Anoria bessus Walcott 1916
Anoria lodensis Clark 1921
Anoria tontoensis Walcott 1916
Anoria utahensis Resser 1935
G. †Athabaskia Raymond 1928
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Athabaskia anax Walcott 1916
Athabaskia bela Walcott 1916
Athabaskia glacialis Raymond 1928
Athabaskia howelli Walcott 1886
Athabaskia minor Resser 1938
Athabaskia ostheimeri Raymond 1928
G. †Athabaskiella Kobayashi 1942
G. †Basanellus Repina 1960
G. †Bathyuriscidella Rasetti 1948
G. †Bathyuriscus Meek 1873
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Bathyuriscus adaeus Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus anax Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus atossa Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus bantius Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus batis Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus belesis Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus bithus Walcott 1916
Bathyuriscus fimbriatus Robison 1964
Bathyuriscus haydeni Meek 1873
Bathyuriscus marjumensis Resser 1935
Bathyuriscus maximus Mason 1935
Bathyuriscus ornatus Walcott 1908
Bathyuriscus petalus Fritz 1968
Bathyuriscus rotundatus Rominger 1887
Bathyuriscus terranovensis Young and Ludvigsen 1989
Invalid names: Orriella Rasetti 1938 [synonym]
G. †Centonella Wolfart 1994
G. †Chilometopus Rusconi 1952
G. †Clavaspidella Poulson 1927
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Clavaspidella probus Walcott 1916
G. †Corynexochides Rasetti 1948
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G. †Deiradonyx Opik 1982
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Deiradonyx tongrenensis Yang et al. 2009
G. †Dolichometopsis Poulsen 1927
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Dolichometopsis resseri Poulsen 1927
G. †Dolichometopus Angelin 1854
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Dolichometopus acadicus Matthew 1897
Dolichometopus derceto Walcott 1905
Dolichometopus dirce Walcott 1905
Dolichometopus suecicus Angelin 1852
G. †Fuchouia Resser and Endo 1935
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Subg. †Fuchouia (Parafuchouia) Lu and Qian 1974
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Parafuchouia prompta Zhou 1974
Fuchouia bulba Peng et al. 2004
Fuchouia chiai Lu 1957
Fuchouia kuruktagensis Zhang 1981
Fuchouia oratolimba Yang 1977
Fuchouia sixinensis Peng et al. 2004
Fuchouia tasmaniensis Jago et al. 2004
G. †Glossopleura Poulsen 1927
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Glossopleura alabamensis Resser 1935
Glossopleura baton Walcott 1916
Glossopleura bion Walcott 1916
Glossopleura boccar Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Glossopleura bosworthensis Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura mckeei Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura nitida Resser 1935 [synonym], Glossopleura stephenensis Resser 1935 [synonym]
Glossopleura buttsi Resser 1935
Glossopleura expansa Poulsen 1927
Glossopleura gigantea Resser 1939
Glossopleura intermedia Resser 1938
Glossopleura leona Lochman 1952
Glossopleura lodensis Clark 1921
Glossopleura mohavensis Resser 1935
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Invalid names: Sonoraspis californica Stoyanow and Susuki 1955 [synonym], Sonoraspis nelsoni Stoyanow 1958 [synonym]
Glossopleura packi Resser 1935
Glossopleura producta Hall and Whitfield 1877
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Invalid names: Ogygia parabola Hall and Whitfield 1877 [synonym]
Glossopleura similaris Resser 1939
Glossopleura sulcata Poulsen 1927
Glossopleura tuta Resser 1945
Glossopleura utahensis Resser 1935
Glossopleura walcotti Poulsen 1927
Invalid names: Sonoraspis Stoyanow 1952 [synonym]
G. †Hemirhodon Raymond 1937
G. †Hoffetella HupĂ© 1953
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Hoffetella quadrata Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Klotziella Raymond 1928
G. †Neopoliellina Repina 1964
G. †Parapoliella Shernysheva 1956
G. †Poliella Walcott 1916
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Poliella castlensis Resser 1935
Poliella denticulata Rasetti 1951
Poliella germana Resser 1939
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Invalid names: Dolichometopsis gravis Resser 1939 [synonym], Dolichometopsis potens Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania agrestis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania altilis Resser 1939 [synonym], Ptarmigania dignata Resser 1939 [synonym]
Poliella leipalox Fritz 1968
Poliella lomataspis Palmer and Halley 1979
Poliella ovala Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Invalid names: Bornemannia Walcott 1925 [synonym]
G. †Poliellaites Sundberg and McCollum 2003
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Poliellaites gloriosa Sundberg and McCollum 2003
G. †Poliellaspis Lermontova 1940
G. †Poliellina Poletayeva 1936
G. †Polypleuraspis Poulson 1927
G. †Ptarmigania Raymond 1928
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Ptarmigania bispinosa Lochman 1952
G. †Shanghaia Xu and Ju 1987
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Shanghaia typicalis Xu and Ju 1987
G. †Wenkchemnia Rasseti 1951
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Wenkchemnia housensis Sundberg 1994
Wenkchemnia spinicollus Rasetti 1951
Wenkchemnia sulcata Rasetti 1951
Wenkchemnia swasensis Sundberg 1994
Wenkchemnia walcotti Rasetti 1951
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Merioneth or 521.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (309 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0Greenland Dolichometopsis septentrionalis, Dolichometopsis minuta, Dolichometopsis resseri (225266)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Argentina (Mendoza) Athabaskia anax (200661)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) Poliellina cylindrica (81465)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Basanellus latus (81327) Poliellaspis rotundata, Poliellina sp. (81314) Poliellina crassa (81315)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Poliellaspis sp. (57018) Poliellaspis sp., Neopoliellina fossa (57019)
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Guizhou) Hoffetella quadrata (107060)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Poliellina elongata (81317) Poliellina sp., Neopoliellina fossa (81330)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Poliellina elongata (81480) Poliellina sp. (81484)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Poliellaspis sayanica (57021) Poliellina elongata, Neopoliellina sp. (57020) Poliellina elongata, Poliellina lermontovae, Poliellina sicropyge, Neopoliellina fossa (57022)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) Poliellina poletaevae, Poliellina crassa (174246 232979)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Dolichometopus perfidelis (57024)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Poliella bala (11116)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Virginia) Poliella virginica (195)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Utah) Bathyuriscus brighamensis (75634) Bathyuriscus wasatchensis (75633)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Guizhou) Deiradonyx tongrenensis (127439) Hoffetella sp. (107131)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Shanghai) Shanghaia sp., Shanghaia typicalis (130255)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation Chilometopus suvorovae, Dolichometopus perfidellis (225260)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Parapoliella obrutchevi (81434)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada and California) Poliella sp. (202)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (Alberta) Ptarmigania rossensis (225276)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Mexico Athabaskia minor (10688)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Pennsylvania) Bathyuriscus sp. (214 7865)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Montana) Anoria sp., Glossopleura sp. (64489) Bathyuriscus belesis (225273) Bathyuriscus sp. A (68907)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Bathyuriscus adaeus (225256) Bathyuriscus primus (50544) Bathyuriscus sp. a (68908) Poliella sp., Wenkchemnia sp. (197) Wenkchemnia spinicollis, Poliella prima, Poliella denticulata (225262)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Anoria lodensis, Bathyuriscus howelli, Bathyuriscus maximus, Dolichometopus productus (191414) Dolichometopus lodensis, Bathyuriscus belesis, Dolichometopus productus (219690) Glossopleura lodensis (149654 149655) Glossopleura lodensis, Glossopleura californica, Dolichometopidae indet., Glossopleura walcotti (226840) Glossopleura walcotti (149621 149645 149646 149656) Poliella sp. (219702) Sonoraspis californica (206390) Sonoraspis nelsoni (139743) Wenkchemnia spinicollus (69502) Wenkchemnia sulcata (69500 69506)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Mexico (Sonora) Bathyuriscus sp. (90558)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) Bathyuriscus sp., Clavaspidella sp., Glossopleura sp., Poliella sp. (207) Glossopleura similaris, Bathyuriscus atossa, Clavaspidella bithus, Glossopleura bion, Poliella caranus, Poliella anteros (76096)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Athabaskia sp., Glossopleura sp., Corynexochides prolatus (155997) Bathyuriscus petalus (77205) Glossopleura lodensis (149607) Glossopleura walcotti (149573 149574 149575) Poliella denticulata (77203 77204) Poliella germana (149564 149565 149566) Poliella leipalox (155993 155998) Poliella leipalox, Poliella denticulata, Poliella germana (77188 155978 155979 155985 155991) Poliella leipalox, Poliella germana (155984) Poliella lomataspis (149363 149561) Poliella sp., Wenkchemnia sulcata (10587) Wenkchemnia sp. (205002) Wenkchemnia sulcata (69280 69401 69403 69447 69489 69495) Wenkchemnia walcotti (69268 69269 69274 69276 69277)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Athabaskia bithus, Athabaskia wasatchensis, Glossopleura gigantea (75639) Athabaskia bithus, Glossopleura punctatum, Glossopleura gigantea (75636) Athabaskia bithus, Glossopleura punctatum, Glossopleura prona, Bathyuriscus brighamensis, Glossopleura gigantea (75635) Glossopleura boccar (10533) Glossopleura producta (269)
Delamaran - Menevian511.2 - 499.5Mexico Glossopleura sp., Sonoraspis sp., Ptarmigania bispinosa, Glossopleura leona, Athabaskia bela (10687)
Delamaran - Marjumian511.2 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Clavaspidella excavata (225267) Dolichometopsis mansfieldi (225269)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5USA (Utah) Bathyuriscus sp. (225070)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan Ptarmigania kasachstanica (9976)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Poliella denticulata (9442) Poliella germana (9443 9463)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bathyuriscidella sp. (10817) Bathyuriscus boscaputensis (10828 10829 10832 10834) Bathyuriscus boscaputensis, Bathyuriscus richardsoni (10841) Bathyuriscus richardsoni (10814 10816 10822 10823 10824 10825 10827 10830 10849) Bathyuriscus richardsoni, Bathyuriscus terranovensis (10820) Bathyuriscus terranovensis (10831 10847 10850)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) Dolichometopsis sp. (56703 56718 56721)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Deiradonyx sp. (129125)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Parafuchouia sp., Parafuchouia prompta (127441)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) Amphoton deois (49156 49157) Amphoton deois, Fuchouia kuruktagensis, Fuchouia sixinensis (49158) Fuchouia sixinensis (49159 49273)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Athabaskiella ardis, Hemirhodon sp. (64770) Bathyuriscidella socialis, Hemirhodon sp. (64771) Bathyuriscus punctatus (64765) Dolichometopidae indet. (64541)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Glossopleura sp. (88786)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Glossopleura tuta (149608) Sonoraspis californica (206376)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Greenland Bathyuriscus concavus (10485)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Fuchouia bulba (114665) Fuchouia oratolimba (113771 114635)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Bathyuriscus adaeus (193550 193551) Bathyuriscus sp. (171308 171309)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bathyuriscus elegans (77276) Bathyuriscus sp. (86740) Hemirhodon sp. (64520)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Clavaspidella minor (127486) Glossopleura intermedia (127485)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain Dolichometopus sp. (55265)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (California) Glossopleura sp. (226422)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) Bathyuriscus sp., Klotziella ornata (188664) Glossopleura sp. (188660) Polypleuraspis insignis (188659)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (Alberta) Athabaskia ostheimeri, Athabaskia glacialis (77882)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bathyuriscus sp. (216)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Bathyuriscidella sp., Bathyuriscus adaeus (209)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Montana) Bathyuriscus formosus (212)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Athabaskia sp. indet., Orriella sp. indet. (78913)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Greenland Bathyuriscus sp. (10478) Glossopleura walcotti (10479 10480)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Athabaskiella sp., Bathyuriscus elegans, Hemirhodon amplipyge, Hemirhodon convexifrons, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus (122017 122072) Bathyuriscus sp., Bathyuriscus ornatus (215)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Poliella denticulata (50108 50113 50294 50327 50328) Poliella denticulata, Poliella lomataspis (50094 50095 50107 50114 50293 50330 50331 50338) Poliella lomataspis (50093 50292 50329) Poliella ovala (50098 50110) Poliella prima, Poliellaites gloriosa (50097 50301 50336) Poliella sp. (50101 50106 50323) Poliellaites gloriosa (50102 50337)
Taijangian - Guzhangian509.0 - 497.0China (Anhui) Parafuchouia sp., Dolichometopidae indet. (127474)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Henan) Fuchouia sp. 1, Fuchouia sp. 2, Fuchouia quadratoglabella (127073)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Glossopleura walcotti (225158)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica Centonella glomerata (69519 69520) Eurodeois tessensohni, Eurodeois sp. (69505)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Bathyuriscus politus, Dolichometopsis comis, Dolichometopsis communis, Dolichometopsis lepida, Dolichometopsis media, Dolichometopsis poulseni, Dolichometopsis stella, Ptarmigania aurita, Ptarmigania exigua, Ptarmigania natalis, Ptarmigania ornata, Ptarmigania sobrina, Ptarmigania germana, Dolichometopsis potens, Dolichometopsis gravis, Ptarmigania agrestis, Ptarmigania altilis, Ptarmigania dignata (50208)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Hemirhodon schucherti (222)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Athabaskiella obsoleta, Hemirhodon sp. (49453) Hemirhodon sp. (49433 49434 49435 49449 49454 49481 49483)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (New York) Athabaskiella sp., Bathyuriscidella sp., Bathyuriscus sp., Corynexochides sp., Hemirhodon sp. (221)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) Anoria sp. (158685 158687) Clavaspidella kanabensis, Ptarmigania sp. (211) Clavaspidella sp., Glossopleura sp. (158684)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Hemirhodon convexifrons (122071)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Athabaskiella proba, Bathyuriscidella sp., Bathyuriscus elegans, Hemirhodon amplipyge, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus (230679) Bathyuriscus fimbriatus (56144) Hemirhodon amplipyge (261) Hemirhodon amplipyge, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus (230682)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Amphoton alceste, Amphoton typicum (49161) Amphoton alceste, Fuchouia kuruktagensis (49284 128313) Amphoton typicum (49162) Fuchouia bulba (49287 49288 49289 49290 128333 128338 128340 128341) Fuchouia bulba, Amphoton typicum, Fuchouia kuruktagensis (49283) Fuchouia bulba, Fuchouia chiai, Amphoton alceste (49165) Fuchouia bulba, Fuchouia chiai, Amphoton typicum (49164) Fuchouia chiai (128923) Fuchouia chiai, Amphoton typicum (49163) Fuchouia kuruktagensis (49274 49282 49285 128316 128317 128318 128337) Fuchouia sixinensis (49275) Fuchouia sp. (49291)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Fuchouia oratolimba (125532)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Fuchouia chiai (127065)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Fuchouia oratolimba (127074 127075)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Parafuchouia sp., Parafuchouia elongata, Parafuchouia prompta (107324)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Fuchouia oratolimba (127076)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Fuchouia chiai (127066)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Fuchouia chiai (125554) Fuchouia oratolimba (125535 125540 125541 125684)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Fuchouia atopa, Fuchouia antiqua (9964 118095) Fuchouia atopa, Fuchouia antiqua, Fuchouia fecunda, Fuchouia chiai, Fuchouia manchuriensis (9963 118096)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queenslandd) Amphoton arta (225252)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Mexico Bathyuriscus sp. (200299)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) Bathyuriscus sp., Fuchouia tasmaniensis (69972) Fuchouia tasmaniensis (69973)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queensland) Amphoton bensoni (225231)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Amphoton oatesi (153968) Fuchouia sp. 1 (227789)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Fuchouia bulba (49166 49292 49296 128343 128344 128349 128356) Fuchouia chiai (49168 49169 49170 128346 128351 128352 128353 128354 128360 128363 128365 128367) Fuchouia oratolimba (49173 49174 49176 49177 49178 49181 126287 126305 126314 126316) Fuchouia oratolimba, Fuchouia chiai (49172) Fuchouia sp. (49298)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Canada (British Columbia) Poliella sp. (199)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Arizona) Anoria sp., Clavaspidella sp., Glossopleura sp. (205 210)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta-British Columbia) Athabaskia sp., Bathyuriscus sp. (213)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) Bathyuriscus sp., Clavaspidella sp., Dolichometopsis sp., Poliella sp., Ptarmigania sp. (198)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) Glossopleura sp. (206)