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Plethometopus hastatus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
P. acutus, P. angustus, P. armatus, P. convergens, P. dubius, P. laticeps, Plethopeltis levis, Plethopeltis pulveris
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. glaber, P. longispinus, P. modestus

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusPlethometopusRaymond 1913
specieshastatus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) Plethometopus hastatus (54120)