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Pharostomina mexicana

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Taxonomy
Pharostomina mexicana was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 158926, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Pharostomina mexicana Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 783

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953
genusPharostominaSdzuy 1955
speciesmexicana

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.

Pharostomina mexicana Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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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
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 07:29:21
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:29:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Mexico (Oaxaca) Pharostomina mexicana (9837 9852)