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Arapahoia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Arapahoia was named by Miller (1936). Its type is Arapahoia typa.

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

Species
A. raymondi, A. typa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Arapahoia Miller
2002Arapahoia Jell and Adrain p. 343
2002Arapahoia 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusArapahoiaMiller 1936

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. †Arapahoia Miller 1936
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Arapahoia raymondi Lochman 1938
Arapahoia typa Miller 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 09:27:38
Modified: 2010-01-02 11:08:37
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Steptoean or 500.50000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) A. sp. (195766)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) A. spathulata (8244) A. spatulata (8242 8243 8245 8246 8247 8248 8273 8275)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) A. spatulata (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) A. raymondi (196026 196074 196096 196101) A. sp. (196375)
Menevian - St Davids504.5 - 497.0USA (South Dakota) A. spatulata (8198 8199)
Marjumian - Steptoean504.5 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland) A. sp. (196021)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) A. raymondi (198255) A. sp. (197977)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) A. sp. (196379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) A. raymondi (54235 78932 78933 78934)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (224 225 226 227)
Dresbachian - Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) A. sp. (197978)
Late/Upper Cambrian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) A. sp. (196376)