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Paradamesella

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy

Paradamesella was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

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

Species

P. nobilis, P. paratypica, P. peculiaris (syn. P. decemospinosa), P. typica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Paradamesella Yang
2002	Paradamesella Jell and Adrain

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
superfamily	Dameselloidea	Kobayashi 1935
family	Damesellidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Paradamesella	Yang 1977

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. †Paradamesella Yang 1977

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†Paradamesella nobilis Lu and Lin 1989

†Paradamesella paratypica Yang 1978

†Paradamesella peculiaris Zhou 1977

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Invalid names: Paradamesella decemospinosa Yang 1977 [synonym]

†Paradamesella typica Yang 1977

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:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-12-15 22:38:19

Modified:

2009-12-16 00:38:19

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian - Guzhangian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Zhejiang)	P. nobilis (125541)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Zhejiang)	P. paratypica (125687)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Hunan)	P. depressa, P. subquadrata (128933) P. nobilis (49174) P. peculiaris (49172 49176 49177 49181 49182 126287 126304 126305 126306 126311 126312 126313 126316 126317) P. subquadrata, P. trapezoidalis (128930) P. typica (49183 49185 49186 49188 107050 126328 126330 126439 126442 126443 126444) P. typica, P. decemospinosa (130012) P. typica, P. peculiaris (49184)