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Drabia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Drabia was named by Wilson (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 486,697]. It is not extant.

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

Species
D. acroccipita, D. curtoccipita, D. occidentalis, D. typica
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. menusa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Drabia Wilson p. 640
2002Drabia Jell and Adrain p. 368
2002Drabia 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
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusDrabiaWilson 1951

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. †Drabia Wilson 1951
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†Drabia acroccipita Wilson 1951
†Drabia curtoccipita Wilson 1951
†Drabia occidentalis Westrop 1986
†Drabia typica Hu 1979
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: 2009-12-19 04:28:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:28:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Dolgellian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) D. acroccipita (156637 156658 156675) D. menusa, D. acroccipita (156656 156657 156674) D. menusa, D. acroccipita, D. typica (156644 156673) D. sp. (9263 9264 156629 156630 156666) D. typica (156640 156641 156642)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) D. occidentalis (54076)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) D. acroccipita (55277)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) D. curtoccipita (9146 9200)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Indiana) D. sp. (245)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) D. curtoccipita (62184 62199)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) D. acroccipita (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) D. typica (229131 229193)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) D. acroccipita (62084 62085 62092 62094 62095) D. sp. (62077 62078)