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Teresellus goldfieldensis

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Teresellus goldfieldensis was named by Hollingsworth (2005). Its type specimen is USNM 528342 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TH Pit, which is in a Dyeran open shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Poleta Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Teresellus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Teresellus goldfieldensis Hollingsworth p. 135

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
genusTeresellus
speciesgoldfieldensis

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.

Teresellus goldfieldensis Hollingsworth 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. S. Hollingsworth 2005Same as the generic diagnosis [An olenellid genus with LA rounded forward, reaching border furrow without preglabellar field. LA approximately equal in width (tr.) to L0; L3 wider than LA. Glabella has distinctly impressed furrows; S2 slightly curved forward. Ocular lobes long, nearly reaching poste- rior border furrow, with distinct ocular furrows; lobes strongly curved with small interocular area. Intergenal spine small, posterlaterally directed, located one-half to two- thirds distance from axial furrow to genal spine angle; inter- genal ridge lacking. Hypostome has five pairs of short pos- terolateral spines. Thoracic axis narrow, less than twice the width of adjacent inner pleural region. T15 has a large axial spine; two thoracic segments posterior to T15. Pygidium elongate.]
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 05:06:25
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:06:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Teresellus goldfieldensis (type locality: 204959)