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Eudolatites ✝
| Description | Eudolatites is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now the Czech Republic. It was described by Delo in 1935, and the type species is Eudolatites angelini, which was originally described under the genus Dalmanites by Barrande in 1852. The type locality was the Bohdalee Formation. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudolatites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Eudolatites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Eudolatites Delo, 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J. Paleont., 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Dalmanitidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Phacopina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. M. Delo. 1935. A revision of the phacopid trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 9(5):402-420 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudolatites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eudolatites (Deloites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Dalmania dubia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dalmanites angelini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eudolatites angelini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Eudolatites dubia ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Eudolatites inflatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Eudolatites maederensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1935 | Eudolatites Delo p. 411 |
| 1972 | Eudolatites (Banilatites) Destombes |
| 1980 | Eudolatites Henry |
| 1987 | Destombesites Snadjr |
| 1987 | Eudolatites (Destombesites) Snadjr |
| 2002 | Destombesites Jell and Adrain p. 365 |
| 2002 | Eudolatites Jell and Adrain p. 374 |
| 2002 | Eudolatites Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
