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Eunicemorpha

Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Eunicemorpha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderEunicemorpha
orderEunicemorpha

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 10:49:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:49:26
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 453.80000 to 145.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 451.0 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Arabellites cornutus, Arabellites sp. (37834)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Staurocephalites sp. (26270)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Nereidavus sp. (384 385 386)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia Pistoprion transitans, Rhytiprion magnus, Tetraprion pozaryskae (159345)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Arabellites sp., Nereidavus sp. (387 388) Nereidavus sp. (391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Nereidavus sp. (389 390)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia Pistoprion transitans, Protarabellites staufferi, Rhytiprion magnus, Tetraprion pozaryskae, Xanioprion sp. (159346 159347)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Nereidavus varians (5326)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Nereidavus sp. (392 393 394)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia Pistoprion transitans, Rhytiprion magnus, Tetraprion pozaryskae, Xanioprion sp. (159348)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (Östergötland) Arabellites sp., Lumbriconereites sp. (186269)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) Pistoprion transitans (222958)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Polychaetaspis sp. (206542 206543 206560)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) Eunicemorpha indet. (464)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) Eunicemorpha indet. (520)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Lanceolatites gracilis (13690)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Gotlandites slitensis, Hindenites gladiatus, Hindenites angustus (13693) Hindenites gladiatus, Hindenites angustus, Lanceolatites gracilis (13692) Lanceolatites gracilis (13691) Protarabellites sp. A. (155697)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Gotlandites slitensis, Hindenites gladiatus (13694) Hindenites angustus, Lanceolatites gracilis (13696) Hindenites gladiatus (13695)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Lanceolatites gracilis (13698)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Czech Republic Pistoprion sp. (216659) Pistoprion sp., Protarabellites rectangularis (216658 216660 216669 216675) Pistoprion sp., Protarabellites rectangularis, Xanioprion indet. (216655) Pistoprion sp., Protarabellites rectangularis, Xanioprion indet., Xanioprion sp. (216656) Pistoprion sp., Xanioprion borealis (216662) Pistoprion sp., Xanioprion indet. (216652) Pistoprion sp., Xanioprion indet., Xanioprion borealis (216672 216674) Pistoprion sp., Xanioprion indet., Xanioprion borealis, Xanioprion sp. (216650) Pistoprion sp., Xanioprion sp. (216661) Protarabellites rectangularis (216673) Symmetroprion spatiosus (216654) Xanioprion borealis (216651) Xanioprion indet. (216668) Xanioprion indet., Xanioprion borealis (216671)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Eunicemorpha indet. (534)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Pistoprion sp., Protarabellites rectangularis, Xanioprion indet. (216657)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Hindenites naerensis (13701) Lanceolatites gracilis (13700) Lanceolatites sp.A (13702) Langeites glaber (13699 13703)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Arabellites sp. (8307 8308 8320 8321)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Skalenoprion sp. (227413)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Iowa) Arabellites sp., Diopatraites sp., Lumbriconereites sp. (90325)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Arabellites cultriformis, Arabellites hamiltonesis, Arabellites comis, Arabellites conspicuous, Arabellites sp. (6732) Arabellites sp. (6730)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Nereidavus sp. (6403)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Vicentin) Praelumbrinereis zawidzkae (87260)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) Staurocephalites sp. (142143)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Lumbriconereites deperditus (197361)