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Giordanella

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Dolerolenidae

Taxonomy
Giordanella was named by Bornemann (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-l Sepkoski's reference number: 990]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolerolenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Giordanella Bornemann
2002Giordanella Jell and Adrain p. 470
2002Giordanella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyDolerolenidaeKobayashi 1951
genusGiordanellaBornemann 1891

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. †Giordanella Bornemann 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 07:49:43
Modified: 2009-12-21 09:49:43
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardinia) G. meneghinii (225110)