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Groenwallia microphthalma

Artiopoda - Olenida - Andrarinidae

Taxonomy
Proetus microphthalmus was named by Angelin (1851) [Proetus? microphthalmus]. Its type specimen is NRM Ar46146, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anomocare microphthalmum by Angelin (1854); it was recombined as Liostracus microphthalmus by Brøgger (1876); it was recombined as Loganellus microphthalmus by Strand (1929); it was recombined as Groenwallia microphthalma by Weidner et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Proetus microphthalmus Angelin p. 22 figs. pl. 18, fig. 4
1854Anomocare microphthalmum Angelin p. 25 figs. pl. 18, fig. 4
1876Liostracus microphthalmus Brøgger p. 195 figs. pl. 8, figs 4, 4a, b
1929Loganellus microphthalmus Strand p. 354
2023Groenwallia microphthalma Weidner et al. pp. 94 - 95 fig. 47D–H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAndrarinidaeRaymond 1937
genusGroenwalliaKobayashi 1935
speciesmicrophthalma(Angelin 1851)

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.

Groenwallia microphthalma Angelin 1851
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:55:23
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:41:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Drumian to the top of the Guzhangian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Norway Groenwallia microphthalma (192875)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Sweden Groenwallia microphthalma (240062)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Sweden (Jämtland) Groenwallia microphthalma (239967 240068)