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Parabellefontia

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Parabellefontia was named by Hintze (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Parabellefontia concinna.

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

Species
P. concinna (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Parabellefontia Hintze p. 193
2002Parabellefontia Jell and Adrain p. 417
2002Parabellefontia 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
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusParabellefontia

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. †Parabellefontia Hintze 1953
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Parabellefontia concinna Hintze 1953
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 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) P. concinna (104163)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) P. concinna (104341)
Gasconadian - Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (195771)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) P. concinna (11012 11014)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (196438 196501)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3Canada (Newfoundland) P. sp. (195769)