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Prehousia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Prehousia was named by Palmer (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u]. Its type is Prehousia alata.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pterocephaliidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Housiinae by Hopkins (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Prehousia Palmer p. 77
2002Prehousia Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Prehousia Sepkoski
2011Prehousia Hopkins p. 1141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyHousiinaeHupé 1953
genusPrehousia

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. †Prehousia Palmer 1960
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†Prehousia alata Palmer 1960
†Prehousia diverta Palmer 1965
†Prehousia impolita Palmer 1965
†Prehousia indenta Palmer 1965
†Prehousia prima Palmer 1965
†Prehousia semicircularis Palmer 1960
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ayusokkanian to the top of the Maduan or 499.50000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) P. sp. (10064)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) P. alata (131071)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada and Utah) P. diverta (74910)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) P. alata (114293 114599 114600) P. impolita (110445 122132 122133) P. indenta (110443 110444 114598 122128 122129 122130 122131) P. prima (114291 114292) P. semicircularis (75268)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) P. sp. (10061 10063)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) P. sp. (241)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) P. alata (156401 156435 156436 156452 156453 156463 156476) P. diverta (156433) P. sp. (156400 156402 156404 156405 156473)