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Pinctus

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Pinctus was named by Wilson (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pinctus Wilson
2002Pinctus Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Pinctus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusPinctusWilson 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. †Pinctus Wilson 1951
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Pinctus latus Wilson 1951
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 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
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 485.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) P. latus (156659)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (75271 75272)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) P. latus (62082 156635 156636 156640 156641 156642 156643 156657 156673)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) P. sp. (242 246)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) P. latus (62083 62090) P. spp. (62095)