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Ptychoparopsis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparopsis was named by Hupe (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto]. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Ptychoparopsis Hupe
1990Berabichia Geyer
2002Ptychoparopsis Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Berabichia Sepkoski
2002Ptychoparopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
genusPtychoparopsisHupe 1953

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. †Ptychoparopsis Hupe 1953
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Invalid names: Berabichia Geyer 1990 [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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0Canada (New Brunswick) Berabichia milleri (34575 34576 34577 34578 34579 34580)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Antarctica Berabichia subditus (56123)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Morocco Berabichia vertumnia (80850 80851)