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Pseudampyxina

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Pseudampyxina was named by Ju (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 862]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pseudampyxina Ju
2002Pseudampyxina Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Pseudampyxina 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
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusPseudampyxinaJu 1983

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. †Pseudampyxina Ju 1983
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan P. sp. (194848)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China P. sp. (236250 236256)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) P. trisegmentata (192793 192794 192796)