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Svalbardites

Description

Svalbardites is an extinct genus of trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4634946https://www.gbif.org/species/4634946
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)20985https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20985
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Svalbardites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Olenidae : Svalbardites
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
orderOlenidaAdrain 2011
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSvalbarditesFortey 1974
Scientific NameSvalbardites Fortey, 1974
Name Published InSkr. norsk Polarinst. No. 160
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Svalbarditesgenusbelongs to Pelturinaestated with evidenceFortey, 1974
Svalbarditesgenusbelongs to Olenidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Svalbarditesgenusbelongs to Ptychopariidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance488 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Olenidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. A. Fortey. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160:1-129
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbardites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Svalbardites hamus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2488 Ma
Cambrian
488 Ma
Cambrian
Svalbardites hebaxis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2488 Ma
Cambrian
479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1974Svalbardites Fortey
2002Svalbardites Jell and Adrain p. 449
2002Svalbardites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Fortey R. A. (1974) The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae, Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160, 1-129
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Skr. norsk Polarinst. No. 160 - 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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