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Plethopeltella

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Plethopeltella was named by Kobayshi (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant. Its type is Plethopeltis resseri.

It was assigned to Leiostegiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Plethopeltella Kobayshi
2002Plethopeltella Jell and Adrain p. 427
2002Plethopeltella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusPlethopeltellaKobayshi 1944

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. †Plethopeltella Kobayshi 1944
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Plethopeltella resseri Kobayashi 1933
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Cressagian or 486.50000 to 482.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) Plethopeltis resseri (39398)