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Parablackwelderia

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Parablackwelderia was named by Kobayashi (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 472]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Blackwelderia by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Damesellidae by Peng et al. (2009).

Synonyms
  • Paradamesops was named by Yang (1974) [in Lu et al.]. It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Parablackwelderia by Peng et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Parablackwelderia Kobayashi
1974Paradamesops Yang
2002Parablackwelderia Sepkoski
2009Parablackwelderia Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusParablackwelderiaKobayashi 1942

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. †Parablackwelderia Kobayashi 1942
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Invalid names: Paradamesops qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993 [synonym]
Parablackwelderia luensis Peng et al. 2008
Parablackwelderia sheridanorum Jell and Hughes 1997
Parablackwelderia yangi Peng et al. 2004
Invalid names: Paradamesops Yang 1974 [synonym]
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India P. sheridanorum (114635 114663) P. sheridanorum, P. jimaensis (114665) P. sp. (114675) P. yangi, P. jimaensis (114664)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) P. luensis (128310 128311)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Paradamesops qinlingensis (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. huabeiensis (49170 49171) P. jimaensis (49173 49175 49176 49177 49178 49179 49180 49181 49184 126304 126305 126306 126307 126313 126317 126323 126324 126329 126330 126348) P. jimaensis, P. laterilobata (49172) P. laterilobata (49169 49174 49295) P. sp. (49166) Paradamesops karatauensis (128930)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China P. sp. (233818)