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Psilocephalina

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Psilocephalina was named by Hsu (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem]. Its type is Psilocephalina lubrica.

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

Species
P. lubrica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Psilocephalina Hsu
2002Psilocephalina Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Psilocephalina 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
genusPsilocephalinaHsu 1948

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. †Psilocephalina Hsu 1948
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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: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Caradoc or 486.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Warendian486.85 - 484.3Australia (Northern Territory) P. lubrica (77769 77770 79010) P. sp. (77522 79322)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) P. sp. (5275 5280 5282)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Iran P. lubrica (116498 116499 210343)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (HeBei) P. sp. (7983)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan and Hubei) P. sp. (7719 7720)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Sichuan) P. sp. (5418 7651 7664 7673)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (AnHui) P. sp. (7831)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (YunNan) P. sp. (7736)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) P. sp. (4727 4728 4730 7728)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China P. sp. (232903)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) P. sp. (5416 5419 7268 7649 7650 7660 7663 7670 7671)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) P. sp. (4724)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Guizhou) P. sp. (5272)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (SiChuan) P. sp. (7949)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (YunNan) P. sp. (7732 7735)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Yunnan) P. sp. (5430 5431 7263 7265 7266)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (AnHui) P. sp. (7845)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (QingHai) P. sp. (23601)