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Pseudocybele nasuta

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pseudocybele nasuta was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18234, 18236-45, 18332, 18381]. Its type specimen is YPM 18255, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 8, Clarkston Mountains, Zone "J", which is in a Blackhillsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Garden City Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Pseudocybele.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudocybele nasuta Ross p. 138 figs. Pl. 33, fig. 4

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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
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusPseudocybele
speciesnasuta

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.

†Pseudocybele nasuta Ross 1951
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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 07:58:26
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:58:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Ordovician to the top of the Blackhillsian or 485.40000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Pseudocybele nasuta (10902 10905 10917 10918 10921 10922 10924 10925)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Utah) Pseudocybele nasuta (77844 77845)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Pseudocybele nasuta (77184 104433)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Pseudocybele nasuta (63810 63839 63840 63842 63843 63846 63928 63931 type locality: 103831 103917 104133 104262 104263 104264)