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Piaziella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Piaziella was named by Lochman (1947) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 81,463]. Its type is Ptychoparia pia.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Piaziella Lochman pp. 69 - 70
2002Piaziella Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Piaziella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPiaziella

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. †Piaziella Lochman 1947
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Piaziella pia Walcott 1917
Piaziella rara Fritz 1972
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: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) P. pia (156200) P. rara (156202)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (186)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Yukon Territory) P. sp. (156235)