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Ptychoparia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia was named by Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464,472]. Its type is Conocephalites striatus. It is the type genus of Ptychopariinae.

It was reranked as Conocoryphe (Ptychoparia) by Meek (1873).

It was assigned to Conocoryphe by Meek (1873); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariinae by Henningsmoen (1952), Kordule (2006).

Species
P. anderseni, P. anytus, P. candace, P. candace, P. dubinka, P. logani, P. nitidus, P. pylas, P. striata, P. striatus, P. tuberosa, P. unisulcatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. clusia, P. consocialis, P. matheri, P. pervulgata, P. richteri
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2021-09-18

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ptychoparia Corda
1873Conocoryphe (Ptychoparia) Meek
1940Agraulopsis Ruzicka
1952Ptychoparia Henningsmoen
2002Ptychoparia Jell and Adrain p. 478
2002Agraulopsis Sepkoski
2002Ptychoparia Sepkoski
2006Ptychoparia Kordule p. 278

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyPtychopariinaeMatthew 1887
genusPtychopariaCorda 1847

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. †Ptychoparia Corda 1847
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†Ptychoparia anderseni Henningsmoen 1952
†Ptychoparia anytus Hall and Whitfield 1877
†Ptychoparia candace Walcott 1917
†Ptychoparia candace Walcott 1917
†Ptychoparia dubinka Kordule 2006
†Ptychoparia logani Devine 1863
†Ptychoparia nitidus Hall and Whitfield 1877
†Ptychoparia pylas Walcott 1917
†Ptychoparia striata Whitfield 1878
†Ptychoparia striatus Emmrich 1839
†Ptychoparia tuberosa Feniak 1952
†Ptychoparia unisulcatus Hall and Whitfield 1877
Invalid names: Agraulopsis Ruzicka 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. Kordule 2006Glabella tapering forward, with weakly rounded anterior; four pairs of glabellar furrows; cephalic border prominent, rather long (sag.); anterior border furrow deep; genal spine prominent, short, rapidly tapering, extending backward toward the third segment; genal caeca prominent on external surface of preglabellar field, preocular field of fixigenae and librigenal field of librigenae; pygidium with 5 to 6 axial rings and terminal piece; pleural lobes with distinct pleural and interpleural furrows; exoskeleton surface with finely tuberculate sculpture.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 08:29:52
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:29:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Sunwaptan or 515.30000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) P. sp. (203345)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Montana) P. sp. (68907 225273)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) P. clusia, P. pygidia (50544)
Delamaran - Menevian509.7 - 499.5Mexico P. clusia (10687)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Czechia (Bohemia) P. sp. nov. (67709) P. striata (67708)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Norway (Rogaland) P. anderseni (76545)
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5Czechia Agraulopsis roesseri, P. striata (203343) P. striata (73529 73536 73537 73545 73557)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5South Korea Ptychoparia indet. (232930 232931)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5South Korea (North Gyeongsang) P. richteri (95662)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Jince) P. sp. (76482)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Litavka) P. striata (76455)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Bohemia) P. striata (67775)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Vinice) P. striata (76452)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0India (Jammu) P. consocialis, P. pervulgata, P. sp. (46472)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Loganellus logani (55284 55303)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Quebec) Loganellus logani (56819)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Loganellus logani (81269 81284)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Loganellus unisulcatus (224150)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (New York) P. matheri (74544)