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Blainia buttsi

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Blainia buttsi was named by Rasetti (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 145023, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 23w, which is in a Solvan/Menevian carbonate limestone in the Pleasant Hill Limestone Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Blainia buttsi Rasetti p. 1011 figs. Pl. 120, fig. 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOgygiocarinaeRaymond 1913
genusBlainiaMeek 1873
speciesbuttsi

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.

Blainia buttsi Rasetti 1965
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Menevian or 508.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5USA (Pennsylvania) Blainia buttsi (8597 type locality: 8599)