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Hintzeia firmimarginis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protopliomerops firmimarginis was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26422, 26424-9 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26423 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hintzeia firmimarginis by Harrington (1957), McAdams and Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protopliomerops firmimarginis Hintze p. 208 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 4a-c
1957Hintzeia firmimarginis Harrington p. 811
2011Hintzeia firmimarginis McAdams and Adrain p. 7

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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
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusHintzeia
speciesfirmimarginis()

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.

Hintzeia firmimarginis Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tulean or 481.70000 to 475.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Utah) Protopliomerops aemula (104113) Protopliomerops firmimarginis (104072 104085)