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Pseudostygina

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Pseudostygina was named by Zhou (1982) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pseudostygina Zhou
2002Pseudostygina Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Pseudostygina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusPseudostyginaZhou 1982

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. †Pseudostygina Zhou 1982
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5China (GanSu) P. sp. (20763)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) P. lepida (182202)