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Ptarmigania

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Ptarmigania was named by Raymond (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 80,479]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptarmiganidae by Lochman (1952); to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Ptarmigania Raymond
1952Ptarmigania Lochman p. 131
2002Ptarmigania Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Ptarmigania 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
genusPtarmiganiaRaymond 1928

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. †Ptarmigania Raymond 1928
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Ptarmigania bispinosa Lochman 1952
Ptarmigania ornata Resser 1939
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 Amgan to the top of the Merioneth or 508.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) P. rossensis (225276)
Delamaran - Menevian509.7 - 499.5Mexico P. bispinosa (10687)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan P. kasachstanica (9976)
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) P. aurita, P. exigua, P. natalis, P. sobrina, P. ornata (50208)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) P. sp. (211)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) P. sp. (198)