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Pagometopus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Pagometopus was named by Henningsmoen (1959). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Alsataspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Pagometopus Henningsmoen
2002Pagometopus Jell and Adrain p. 416

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusPagometopusHenningsmoen 1959

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. †Pagometopus Henningsmoen 1959
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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
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Varangu or 485.40000 to 484.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden P. gibbus (172663)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) P. gibbus (3183)