Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Bettonolithus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Bettonolithus was named by Morris (1988). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Kennedy (1988); and to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
  • Bettonia was named by Whittard (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l O Llde-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

    It was replaced with Bettonolithus by Morris (1988).

    It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Bettonia Whittard
1988Bettonolithus Kennedy p. 14
1988Bettonolithus Morris
2002Bettonolithus Jell and Adrain p. 349
2002Bettonia Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBettonolithusMorris 1988

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. †Bettonolithus Morris 1988
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Bettonia Whittard 1956 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:35:52
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Llanvirn or 463.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom B. sp. (69870)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom B. sp. (69869)