Hedstroemia (trilobite)
| Hedstroemia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Proetida |
| Family: | Proetidae |
| Genus: | Hedstroemia Pribyl and Vanek, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Proetus delicatus Hedström, 1923 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Milesdavis Lieberman, 1994 Pachyproetus Lutke, 1990 | |
Hedstroemia is a genus of trilobites in the order Proetida known from the Silurian period of Europe, Asia, and North America.[1]
Taxonomic history
The genus Hedstroemia was named in 1978. The type species designated was Hedstroemia delicatus, which had originally been described as Proetus delicatus in 1923. In 1990 the subgenus Pachyproetus was proposed to accommodate a single species, P. pachydermata. In 1994, the genus Milesdavis was proposed based on incomplete fossils consisting of the pygidium (rear segment) of three individuals.[2] The genus was named after musician Miles Davis, and the type species, Milesdavis eldredgei, was named in honor of the paleontologist Niles Eldredge. In 1997, Milesdavis and the subgenus Pachyproetus were recognized as junior synonyms of Hedstroemia, by paleontologist Jonathan Adrain: the former due to morphological similarities, the latter due to Adrain viewing the monotypic subgenus as "pointless".[1]
Species
Several species of Hedstroemia are recognized, and other species are questionably assigned to the genus.[1] Species names with the authority in parentheses were originally described as a different genus.
- H. delicatus (Hedström, 1923)
- H. eldredgei (Lieberman, 1994)
- H. kulchini Ludvigsen & Tripp, 1990
- H. pachydermata (Barret, 1878)
- H. planedorsata (Schmidt, 1894)
- H. sourdoughi Ludvigsen & Tripp, 1990
- H. sugiharensis (Kobayashi & Hamada, 1974)
- H. weedoni Adrain, 1997
Questionable species
- ?H. channahonensis (Weller, 1907)
- ?H. zlichovianus (Pribyl, 1966)
References
- 1 2 3 Adrain, Jonathan M. "Proetid trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) of the Cape Phillips Formation, Canadian Arctic Archipelago." (PDF). Palaeontographia Italica 84: 21–111.
- ↑ Lieberman, B. S. (1994). "Evolution of the trilobite subfamily Proetinae Salter, 1864, and the origin, diversification, evolutionary affinity, and extinction of the Middle Devonian proetid fauna of eastern North America". Bulletin of the AMNH (223): 1–176.