Paleonet: Trilobite authorities questions

[Roy Plotnick]

Usually the "go to" place would be the Paleobiology Database.  It does 
have some information that you are looking for, but lacks authority data 
for most of the trilobite species.  - Roy


K P wrote:
> Can someone help me with trilobite authorities and names?  I'm okay 
> with extant plants, it seems, but fossil animals are a bit trying. 
>
> I'm looking at an assortment of trilobites on the SEM and have a 
> handful of trilobite taxonomy questions  concerning authorities and 
> names and was hoping there would be useful answers from 
> Paleonetters--maybe answer off list, unless there's some current 
> interesting debate about a particular classification.
>
> Is there a specific resource for finding zoological authorities and 
> dates for fossils--there is an on-line paleontology data base but it 
> is not set up to give authorities like IPNI an Algae Base, the ones 
> I'm used to using?
>
> 1.  Should I use Redlichiida as the order or Ollenelida (for 
> /Olenellus /and /Esmeraldina///Holmia/)?
>
> 2.  Which name is correct, /Esmeraldina rowei///Holmia rowei/?  Author 
> and date?
> /
> 3.  //Peronopsis interstricta /- author and date?
>
> 4.  O/gyginus cordenis/ - author and date?
>
> 5.  P/hacops crassituberculata/ or /Phacops rana crassituberculata/?  
> Author and date?
>
> 6.  /Coronocephalus jastrowi/ - Author and date?
>
> 7.  /Ceraurus pleurexanthemus /- Author and date?
>
> All of these are fairly common trilobites, except maybe the last, as 
> I've looked at it from only one locality, although the authority and 
> date are probably in my Walcott Rust Quarry references for that one.  
> I thought the authorities would be easy to find.
>
>
> Also, I have a small handful of Utah trilobites (Cambrian) without any 
> genus attached to them.  They are common as dirt, as I've seen them 
> all of my life.  Can anyone identify the genus from an image?  I don't 
> think I can send an attachment via Paleonet, so I haven't, but I will 
> send a file to anyone who can help.  I promise if you know North 
> American Cambrian trilobites I will be asking you the equivalent of 
> identifying a daisy, and I only need the information at that level. 
>
> Thanks for any help, Kleo
>
>
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