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Protoencrinurella maitlandi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protoencrinurella maitlandi was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71335, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protoencrinurella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Protoencrinurella maitlandi Legg p. 21 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 31-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusProtoencrinurellaLegg 1976
speciesmaitlandiLegg 1976

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Protoencrinurella maitlandi (157172 157177 157178 157179 157180 157181 157182 157183 157184)