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Colobinion

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Colobinion was named by Whittington (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Colobinion Whittington p. 919
2002Colobinion Jell and Adrain p. 359
2002Colobinion Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusColobinion

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. †Colobinion Whittington 1961
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Colobinion julius Billings 1865
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Arenig or 471.30000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. sp. (78095)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. julius (104752)