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Pytine graia

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Pytine graia was named by Fortey (1975). Its type specimen is PMO NF 40, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pytine, Pytine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pytine graia Fortey p. 89 figs. Pl. 31, figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)
genusPytine
speciesgraia

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.

Pytine graia Fortey 1975
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Darriwilian or 475.60000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Pytine graia (106475)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Pytine graia (106473)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Norway (Spitsbergen) Pytine graia (190973)