Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Plaesiacomia hughesi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Plaesiacomia hughesi was named by Thomas (1977). Its type specimen is BM It3024, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Plaesiacomia hughesi Thomas p. 163 figs. Pl. 23, fig. 1-5, 7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyColpocoryphinaeHupe 1955
genusPlaesiacomiaHawle and Corda 1847
specieshughesi

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.

Plaesiacomia hughesi Thomas 1977
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:21:33
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:21:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available