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Placosema

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Placosema was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Genevievella by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Onchonotininae by Peng et al. (2004).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Placosema Opik
2002Placosema Sepkoski
2004Placosema Peng et al. p. 68

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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
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
subfamilyOnchonotininaeLu 1965
genusPlacosemaOpik 1967

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. †Placosema Opik 1967
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Placosema bigranulosum Peng et al. 2004
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 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Mindyallan to the top of the Paibian or 499.00000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. bigranulosum (49187)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) P. caelatum (77515)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) P. bigranulosum (49195 126130 126131)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85South Korea P. bigranulosum (236863 236864 236865)