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Polypleuraspis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Polypleuraspis was named by Poulson (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Polypleuraspis Poulson
2002Polypleuraspis Jell and Adrain pp. 428, 470
2002Polypleuraspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusPolypleuraspisPoulson 1927

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. †Polypleuraspis Poulson 1927
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Polypleuraspis cooperi Robison and Babcock 2011
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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (121959)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) P. insignis (188659)