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Proapatokephaloides

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Proapatokephaloides was named by Ergaliev (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 459]. It is not extant. Its type is Proapatokephaloides longiformis.

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

Species
P. longiformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Proapatokephaloides Ergaliev
2002Proapatokephaloides Jell and Adrain
2002Proapatokephaloides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusProapatokephaloides

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. †Proapatokephaloides Ergaliev 1980
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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: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Batyrbaian or 491.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Kazakhstan P. longiformis (118906 118907 118909 118910)