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Panacus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Panacus was named by Eddy and McCollum (1998) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid]. Its type is Panacus palmeri.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Eddy and McCollum (1998), Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
P. palmeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Panacus Eddy and McCollum p. 883
2002Panacus Jell and Adrain p. 417
2002Panacus 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPanacus

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. †Panacus Eddy and McCollum 1998
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Panacus palmeri Eddy and McCollum 1998
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Delamaran or 508.20000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) P. palmeri (9412)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) P. palmeri (9413 9414 9417 9440 9453 9454 9467 9474)