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Menomoniidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Menomoniidae Walcott
1997Menomoniidae Whittington et al. p. 302
1998Menomoniidae Stitt p. 1039
2011Menomoniidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916

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. †Menomoniidae Walcott 1916
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G. †Ampullatocephalina Lu and Qian 1983
G. †Balderia Robison 1988
G. †Biaverta Opik 1967
G. †Bolaspidella Resser 1937
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†Bolaspidella contracta Robison 1964
†Bolaspidella convexa Howell 1937
†Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886
†Bolaspidella prooculis Palmer 1954
†Bolaspidella stymacantha Robison 1988
Invalid names: Deissella Howell and Duncan 1939 [synonym], Deltophthalamus Resser 1938 [synonym], Howellaspis Lochmann and Denson 1944 [synonym], Hysteropleura Raymond 1937 [synonym]
G. †Bridgeia Lochman 1944
G. †Coenaspis Resser 1938
G. †Dresbachia Walcott 1916
G. †Knechtelia Lochman 1950
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Invalid names: Josina Lochmann and Hu 1960 [synonym]
G. †Menomonia Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Densonella Shaw 1952 [synonym]
G. †Nephalicephalus Peters 2003
G. †Paramenomonia Chu 1959
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G. †Tavsenia Robison 1988
G. †Verditerrina Robison 1988
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: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: "utilized a cephalic [filter] feeding chamber" according to Fortey and Owens 1999f
Created: 2009-12-19 04:24:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:26:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dresbachian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Densonella sp. (196375 196376)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Dresbachia sp. (231)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Dresbachia sp. (230) Menomonia sp. (268)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Bolaspidella wellsvillensis (64765)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bolaspidella housensis (77268) Bolaspidella sp. (64520 86740)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho/ Utah) Howellaspis sp. (218)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bolaspidella sp. (216)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Bolaspidella himalayensis, Bolaspidella costatus, Bolaspidella magamensis, Bolaspidella sp. (46454)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Greenland Bolaspidella sp. (10478)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Bolaspidella sp. (10572) Menomonia sahratiani, Menomonia semele (230681)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Wyoming) Josina festiva (9121)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) Menomonia prooculis (8242 8246 8247 8273 8276) Menomonia prooculis, Hysteropleura schucherti (8241 8274)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (New York) Bolaspidella sp. (221)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Hysteropleura schucherti, Hysteropleura macgerriglei, Bolaspidella convexa (222)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bolaspidella contracta (77271) Bolaspidella jarrardi, Bolaspidella contracta (230679) Bolaspidella n. sp. (261) Bolaspidella reesae, Bolaspidella housensis (230682) Bolaspidella sp. (260 77206 77207) Bolaspidella wellsvillensis, Bolaspidella housensis (56144)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Balderia aspera, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49483) Balderia aspera, Tavsenia ditrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49435) Balderia aspera, Tavsenia ditrema, Tavsenia detrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49449) Balderia aspera, Verditerrina lacinia (49453) Bolaspidella stymacantha (49433) Tavsenia ditrema (49434 49450) Tavsenia ditrema, Bolaspidella stymacantha (49481)
Menevian - St Davids504.5 - 497.0USA (South Dakota) Menomonia prooculis (8200)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Bolaspidella burnetensis (208667 208673 208717 208718 208719 208775 208776) Bolaspidella prooculis (208993 208995) Bolaspidella sp. (208672 208715) Bolaspidella wellsvillensis (208777 208778 208857 208858 208859) Densonella sp. (208662 208685 208986) Menomonia sp. (208765 208768 208769 208771 208772 208855)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Paramenomonia conica (129884 129894)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) Dresbachia amata, Menomonia semele, Nephalicephalus beebei (50592)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Bolaspidella sp. (226) Densonella sp. (224 225)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Menomonia semele (54235)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Bolaspidella sp., Hysteropleura schucherti (55211) Menomonia semele (55213 55215 55216 55217)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Dresbachia amata (7186 7187 7188 7190 7199 7201 7277 7403 8021 8023)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Nunavut) Densonella intermedia (10775)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) Menomonia calymenoides (77697)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Bolaspidella sp. (219)