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Pharostomatidae

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Taxonomy
Pharostomatidae was named by Hupé (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Calymenina by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pharostomatidae Hupé
2002Pharostomatidae Jell and Adrain p. 476
2011Pharostomatidae Adrain p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953

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.

Fm. †Pharostomatidae Hupé 1953
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G. †Altiplanelaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1980
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†Altiplanelaspis palquiensis Přibyl and Vanĕk 1980
G. †Paivinia Rosov and Dubatlova 1985
G. †Pharostomina Sdzuy 1955
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†Pharostomina mexicana Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Pharostomina trapezoidalis Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Colpocoryphoides Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym]
G. †Ptychometopus Schmidt 1894
G. †Thulincola Tripp 1962
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†Thulincola immanis Tripp 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:30:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Aurelucian or 486.40000 to 456.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Pharostomina sp. (136936)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) Pharostomina sp. (3663)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia Pharostomina ferentaria (3837)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Colpocoryphoides trapezoidalis (115716 116071)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Pharostomina alvarezi, Pharostomina trapezoidalis (8804) Pharostomina sp., Altiplanelaspis sp. (8837) Pharostomina trapezoidalis (8839)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Pharostomina mexicana (9837 9852)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Colpocoryphoides trapezoidalis (9088 115669)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Morocco Pharostomina sp. (20998)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Spain (Zaragoza) Pharostomina sp. (21073 21074)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina Pharostomina tenuisulcata (8897)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) Pharostomina languedocensis (20827)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Pharostomina sp. (20828)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Russian Federation Ptychometopus schmidti (169221)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Thulincola barbarus (182194 182196)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Thulincola immanis (208121) Thulincola salteri (208124)