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Leiobienvillia terranovica

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Bienvillia terranovica was named by Rasetti (1954) [Paratypes: MCZ 5126.]. Its type specimen is MCZ 5125, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oxley collection, Broom Point South, which is in a Tremadocian slope grainstone/mudstone in the Green Point Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Leiobienvillia terranovica by Fortey et al. (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Bienvillia terranovica Rasetti p. 582 figs. Pl. 61, fig. 11
1982Leiobienvillia terranovica Fortey et al. p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusLeiobienvillia
speciesterranovica()

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.

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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Tremadocian or 492.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bienvillia terranovica (105857) Leiobienvillia terranovica (105869)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bienvillia terranovica (type locality: 105863)