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Burlingiidae

Trilobita - Burlingiidae

Taxonomy

Subtaxa
Burlingia (type genus), Schmalenseeia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Burlingiidae Walcott p. 14
2004Burlingiidae Jago et al. p. 49
2017Burlingiidae Ebbestad and Weidner p. 235

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

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. †Burlingiidae Walcott 1908
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G. †Burlingia Walcott 1908
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Burlingia hectori Walcott 1908
Burlingia ovata Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Schmalenseeia Moberg 1903
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Schmalenseeia amphionura Moberg 1903
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 06:49:48
Modified: 2010-01-07 08:49:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Sakian or 514.00000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Guizhou) Burlingia ovata (128084 128088 128090)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) Burlingia hectori (188664)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Burlingia hectori (215)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Burlingia halgedahlae (230679) Schmalenseeia sp. (77207)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) Schmalenseeia gostinensis (69972)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Schmalenseeia fusilis (49176) Schmalenseeia sinensis (49174 49295 128354 130012)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Schmalenseeia sp. (118254)