Paleonet: Trilobite authorities questions

[K P]

Thanks, Roy, for letting me know there is not some better source out there that I'm missing.  Plants appear to have a better web presence.  Kleo

> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 09:28:21 -0500
> From: plotnick at uic.edu
> To: paleonet at nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Paleonet: Trilobite authorities questions
> 
> 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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