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Metapilekia bilirata

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Metapilekia bilirata was named by Harrington (1938). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Metapilekia bilirata Harrington

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusMetapilekiaHarrington 1938
speciesbilirataHarrington 1938

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.

†Metapilekia bilirata Harrington 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Metapilekia bilirata (115662 115664)