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Plectrifer

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Plectrifer was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Plectrifer Opik
2002Plectrifer Jell and Adrain p. 427
2002Plectifer Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusPlectriferOpik 1967

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. †Plectrifer Opik 1967
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Payntonian or 491.00000 to 488.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Payntonian491.0 - 488.3Australia (Northern Territory) P. sp. nov. (77426)