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Psilocephalinella

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Psilocephalinella was named by Kobayashi (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nileidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Psilocephalinella Kobayashi
1951Borthaspis Stubblefield
2002Psilocephalinella Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Borthaspis Sepkoski
2002Psilocephalinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPsilocephalinellaKobayashi 1951

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. †Psilocephalinella Kobayashi 1951
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Invalid names: Borthaspis Stubblefield 1951 [objective synonym]
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cressagian or 486.40000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3712)