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Blackwelderia ✝
| Description | Parablackwelderia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwelderia, 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 : Lichida : Damesellidae : Blackwelderia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Blackwelderia Walcott, 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 505 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 497 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Damesellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Lichida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | minor spines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwelderia |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Blackwelderia biaverta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia chiawangensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia cilix species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia fortis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia liaoningensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia longispina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia mui ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia nodosaria ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia octaspina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia octospina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia paronai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia perconvexa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia pingluensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia reineri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia repanda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia shengi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia sinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 505 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia sola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia spectabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blackwelderia triangularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Blackwelderia youshuica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1906 | Blackwelderia Walcott |
| 2002 | Blackwelderia Jell and Adrain p. 349 |
| 2002 | Blackwelderia 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!
