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Elviniidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4634104	https://www.gbif.org/species/4634104
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	133762	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133762

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Elviniidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Elviniidae	Kobayashi 1936

Scientific Name

Elviniidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Elviniidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Elviniidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Elviniidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

501 - 499 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

497 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 3 of 3 genera share 10 to < 100 length, 3 of 3 share 10 to < 100 width.

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain. 2002. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2):331-553

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chariocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Cliffia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Dartonaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Drumaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Dunderbergia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		59	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Dytremacephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Elburgia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Elvinaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Elvinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		103	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Elviniella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Elyaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Irvingella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		133	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Maladioides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Prismenaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Pseudosaukia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Protemnites magnificans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Elviniidae Kobayashi
1997	Elviniidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2002	Elviniidae Jell and Adrain p. 471
2011	Elviniidae Adrain p. 108

References

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

characteristic of class - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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