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Elvinia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Elvinia was named by Walcott (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l].

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elviniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
E. granulata, E. roemeri (syn. E. obliquoensis)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. roemeria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Elvinia Walcott
2002Elvinia Jell and Adrain p. 371
2002Elvinia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusElviniaWalcott 1924

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.

G. †Elvinia Walcott 1924
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†Elvinia granulata Resser 1942
†Elvinia roemeri Shumard 1861
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Invalid names: Elvinia obliquoensis Rusconi 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-02 14:46:31
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:46:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Utah) E. sp. indet. (240243)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) E. roemeri (156630 156632 156640 156642 156644 156656 156657 156658 156670 156673 156674 156675)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Arkansas) E. roemeri, E. granulata (225281)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) E. roemeri (54078)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) E. roemeri (75273 110627 110628 110629 110633 111327 111328 111329 113396 113398 113400 114297 114298 114301 114608) E. sp. (75271)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) E. roemeri (54074 219685)
Paibian - Jiangshanian497.0 - 491.0Argentina (Mendoza) E. roemeri (239740)
Steptoean - Sunwaptan497.0 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland) E. roemeri (196020)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) E. roemeri (55225 55281)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) E. roemeria (244) E. sp. (246)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (British Columbia) E. sp. (50595)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) E. sp. (267)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) E. roemeri (9146 9147 9152 9154 9191 9192 9194 9196 9208)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) E. roemeri (8952 9047)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) E. roemeri (9618 9778 221067 221068 221069)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Indiana) E. sp. (245)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) E. roemeri (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) E. roemeri (229131 229194 229195)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Texas) E. roemeri (156254 156255 156256 156259 156260 156262 156264 156267 156269 156270 156272 156273 156275 156277 156278 156279 156280 156282 156283 156286 156288 156289 156290 156291 156293 156296 156297 156302 156303 156305 156306 156307 156308 156339 156340 156342 156343 156345 156346 156347 156348 156349 156350 156351 156352)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) E. sp. (156445 156446)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) E. roemeri (240517)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) E. roemeri (54077)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) E. roemeri (62077 62078 62080 62081 62091)