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Wanneria ✝
| Description | Wanneria is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period. Wanneria walcottana is the only known species in this genus (i.e. the genus is monotypic). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanneria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Wanneria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Wanneriidae : Wanneria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Wanneria Walcott, 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. D. Walcott. 1910. Cambrian geology and paleontology. No. 6 - Olenellus and other genera of the Mesonacidæ. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(6):231-422 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanneria |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Wanneria gracile ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Wanneria humilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wanneria jacqueti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wanneria listeri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Wanneria misolensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Wanneria parvifrons species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Wanneria walcottana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Wanneria cadizensis Clark, 1921 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Wanneria : Wanneria cadizensis |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1910 | Wanneria Walcott p. 296 |
| 1921 | Wanneria cadizensis Clark p. 6 |
| 1993 | Wanneria Palmer and Repina p. 25 fig. 5 |
| 1997 | Wanneria Whittington et al. p. 414 |
| 1999 | Wanneria Lieberman p. 49 figs. 11.1, 11.2 |
| 2002 | Wanneria Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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