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Parkesolithus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Parkesolithus was named by Campbell and Durham (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Parkesolithus Campbell and Durham
2002Parkesolithus Jell and Adrain p. 422
2002Parkesolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusParkesolithusCampbell and Durham 1970

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. †Parkesolithus Campbell and Durham 1970
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:35:52
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Eastonian or 452.70000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2655 2699 2745 2751)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (2661 2709 2746)