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Prohedinia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae

Taxonomy
Prohedinia was named by Lermontova and Chernysheva (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Prohedinia Lermontova and Chernysheva
1961Tosotychia Opik
2002Prohedinia Jell and Adrain p. 431
2002Prohedinia Sepkoski
2002Tosotychia Sepkoski

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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
familyPapyriaspididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusProhediniaLermontova and Chernysheva 1950

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. †Prohedinia Lermontova and Chernysheva 1950
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Invalid names: Tosotychia Opik 1961 [synonym]
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: 2010-01-03 02:49:40
Modified: 2010-01-03 04:49:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Mayan or 515.30000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) P. spencei (75634)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Alaska) P. brevifrons (64763 64764)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay) P. sp. (10173)