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Peytoia

Radiodonta - Hurdiidae

Taxonomy
Peytoia was named by Walcott (1911). It is not extant. Its type is Peytoia nathorsti. It is the type genus of Peytoiidae.

It was assigned to Coelenterata by Conway Morris (1978); to Peytoiidae by Conway Morris and Robison (1982); to Anomalocarididae by Daley and Bergstrom (2012); and to Hurdiidae by Lerosey-Aubril and Pates (2018) and Pates et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Peytoia Walcott p. 51
1978Peytoia Conway Morris p. 130
1982Peytoia Conway Morris and Robison p. 118
2012Peytoia Daley and Bergstrom
2018Peytoia Lerosey-Aubril and Pates p. SOM
2021Peytoia Pates et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
orderRadiodontaCollins 1996
familyHurdiidae
genusPeytoiaWalcott 1911

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.

G. †Peytoia Walcott 1911
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Peytoia nathorsti Walcott 1911
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Invalid names: Laggania cambria Walcott 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Adult height: 10^4 to < 10^5o
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-02-29 09:58:49
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:50:00
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) P. sp. (188663)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) P. nathorsti (226184 230670 230679 230682)