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Microspatulina

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Microspatulina was named by Hahn et al. (1992). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archegoninae by Hahn et al. (1996); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Microspatulina Hahn et al. pp. 91-120
1996Microspatulina Hahn et al. p. 168
2002Microspatulina Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusMicrospatulinaHahn et al. 1992

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.

G. †Microspatulina Hahn et al. 1992
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ivorian or 353.80000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany M. okyroe (37189)