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Pseudosphaerexochus (Pateraspis) andegavus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Pseudosphaerexochus (Pateraspis) andegavus was named by Bureau (1900) [Lectotype: Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Nantes]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nullicauda, P. orvikui, P. P. canadensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Pseudosphaerexochus (Pateraspis) andegavus Bureau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilySphaerexochinaeOpik 1937
genusPseudosphaerexochus(Schmidt 1881)
subgenusPateraspisPrantl and Pribyl 1947
speciesandegavusBureau 1900

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-10 07:43:18
Modified: 2010-01-10 04:06:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dobrotivian or 459.00000 to 457.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician470.0 - 443.8France Pseudosphaerexochus andegavus (174541 174548)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France Pseudosphaerexochus andegavus (174536)