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Aplexura

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Liostracinidae

Taxonomy
Aplexura was named by Rozova (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. It is not extant. Its type is Aplexura pulchella.

It was assigned to Liostracinidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. pulchella (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Aplexura Rozova
2002Aplexura Jell and Adrain p. 343
2002Aplexura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyLiostracinoideaRaymond 1937
familyLiostracinidaeRaymond 1937
genusAplexuraRozova 1963

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. †Aplexura Rozova 1963
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Aplexura pulchella Rozova 1963
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: deposit feedersubo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-25 00:17:59
Modified: 2010-02-26 06:31:14
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Mayan to the top of the Ensyan or 504.50000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) A. sp. (10175)
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) A. pulchella (131072 131093 131094)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) A. pulchella (131071)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan A. sp. (118348 118369 118370 118372)