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Pseudomexicella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Pseudomexicella was named by Sundberg (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1089].

It was assigned to Ehmaniellinae by Sundberg (1994); to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pseudomexicella Sundberg pp. 77 - 78
2002Pseudomexicella Jell and Adrain p. 434
2002Pseudomexicella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyEhmaniellinae
genusPseudomexicella

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. †Pseudomexicella Sundberg 1994
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Pseudomexicella hestia Sundberg 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Ehmaniellinae with subpentagonal cranidium with divergent facial sutures anterior of palpebral lobes; moderately to long palpebral lobes (35-40% glabellar length); poorly defined anterior border, gently and uniformly convex preglabellar field and anterior border, shallow anterior border furrow, moderate width (15-20% cranidial length), very strongly tapered; preglabellar field sagittally moderately wide (40-60% frontal area length); moderately to strongly tapered glabella; bluntly rounded frontal lobe; exsagittally wide posterior area of fixigenae (25-30% glabellar length). Pygid- ium subelliptical with elongate axis; 4 axial rings; moderate depth pleural furrows; strongly convex posterior pleural bands; without anterior pleural bands.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 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 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available