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Lorenzellidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4634398https://www.gbif.org/species/4634398
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)155544https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155544
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Lorenzellidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristomaFortey 1990
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLorenzellidaeZhang 1963
Scientific NameLorenzellidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lorenzellidaefamilybelongs to Ptychopariidastated with evidenceWhittington et al., 1997
Lorenzellidaefamilybelongs to Trilobitastated without evidenceAdrain, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)19
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance501 - 497 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Inouyops
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Jinnania
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Lorenzella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7513 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian
Porilorenzella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Pseudolorenzella
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1505 Ma
Cambrian
505 Ma
Cambrian
Ptyctolorenzella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Lorenzellidae Zhang
1997Lorenzellidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2011Lorenzellidae 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
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - 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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