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Cryptolithinae

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cryptolithinae Angelin
1941Cryptolithinae Whittington p. 509
1957Cryptolithinae Harrington and Leanza
1982Cryptolithinae Owen and Harper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCryptolithinaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCryptolithinaeAngelin 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Cryptolithinae Angelin 1854
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G. †Broeggerolithus Lamont 1935
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†Broeggerolithus broeggeri Bancroft 1929
†Broeggerolithus discors Angelin 1854
Invalid names: Ulricholithus Bancroft 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:35:52
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Rakvere or 458.20000 to 450.50000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus harnagensis (188595) Broeggerolithus sp. (3371)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus ulrichi (188594)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (England) Broeggerolithus broeggeri (3302 3303)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus broeggeri (3301 188588 188593 188596) Broeggerolithus soudleyensis (3362) Broeggerolithus soudleyensis, Broeggerolithus broeggeri (188589 192387)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus sp. (3368 3369 3372 3373)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway Broeggerolithus sp. (2764)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Broeggerolithus discors (2762)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Broeggerolithus sp. (3648 3649 3651 3652 3653 3654)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Lenister) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (55710 55715 55716)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) Broeggerolithus soudleyensis, Broeggerolithus broeggeri, Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (3304)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (188590) Broeggerolithus soudleyensis, Broeggerolithus broeggeri, Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (192388 192389)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Broeggerolithus discors (166800)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (192402) Broeggerolithus sp. (192407)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Broeggerolithus nicholsoni (188591) Broeggerolithus sp. (3305 192390)
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) Broeggerolithus discors (167397)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5United Kingdom (England) Broeggerolithus sp. (3656)
Oandu - Rakvere452.8 - 450.5Norway Broeggerolithus discors (166817)