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Poletaevella

Description

Poletaevella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4638675https://www.gbif.org/species/4638675
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)19156https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19156
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenellida : Poletaevella
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Poletaevella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
genusPoletaevellaDalmatov & Repina 1971
Scientific NamePoletaevella Dalmatov & Repina, 1971
Name Published InPaleont. Zh. 1971 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Poletaevellagenusbelongs to Olenellinastated with evidencePalmer and Repina, 1993
Poletaevellagenusbelongs to Redlichiidastated with evidenceWhittington et al., 1997
Poletaevellagenusbelongs to Olenellidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Redlichiida)
Visionwell-developed
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Redlichiida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poletaevella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Poletaevella baljutica
species
listed (PBDB)1520 Ma
Cambrian
520 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1971Poletaevella Dalmatov and Repina
1993Poletaevella Palmer and Repina p. 32 fig. 8.4
1997Poletaevella Whittington et al. p. 428
2002Poletaevella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Palmer A. R., Repina L. N. (1993) Through a glass darkly: taxonomy, phylogeny, and biostratigraphy of the Olenellina, The University Of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 3, 1-35 doi:10.17161/PCNS.1808.3760
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
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Paleont. Zh. 1971 (1) - 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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