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Stenopilus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Stenopilus was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Stenopilus Raymond
2002Stenopilus Jell and Adrain p. 448
2002Stenopilus 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
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusStenopilusRaymond 1924

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. †Stenopilus Raymond 1924
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†Stenopilus convergens Raymond 1924
†Stenopilus glaber Westrop 1986
†Stenopilus hirtus Rozova 1968
†Stenopilus intermedius Clark 1924
†Stenopilus latus Ulrich et al. 1931
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Invalid names: Leiocoryphe halei Winston and Nicholls 1967 [synonym], Stenopilus bacca Resser 1942 [synonym]
†Stenopilus longispinus Rasetti 1963
†Stenopilus pronus Raymond 1924
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Invalid names: Stenopilus aduncus Resser 1942 [synonym], Stenopilus elongatus Rasetti 1944 [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-developedg
Created: 2010-01-02 08:53:45
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:53:45
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Mansian or 490.20000 to 485.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) S. pronus (6871 8976)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) S. intermedius (81284 81285 81286) S. pronus, S. convergens (81270) S. pronus, S. longispinus (81271 81272)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Plethometopus convergens (190350) S. latus (240387 240388 240391 240392 240393 240395 240396 240397 240398 240399 240400 240402 240412 240416 240417 240418 240419 240442 240444 240446 240449 240450 240451 240452 240453 240457 240458 240459 240460 240463 240465 240468)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Plethometopus glaber (54096 81298 81301) Plethometopus longispinus (54094 81297)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) S. elongata (8933)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) S. sp. (195937 196018 196019)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Plethometopus convergens (216017 216018) Plethometopus convergens, S. latus (219648 219654) S. latus (219651 219653 233745)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Missouri) S. latus (93582)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) S. latus (105858 105870)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Plethometopus convergens, S. elongatus (224137) S. intermedius (224140 224144 224145) S. pronus (224142)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) S. latus (221102)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) S. glaber (9774)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) S. sp. (256)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) S. latus (219680 219681)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) S. hirtus (131103)
Mansian486.85 - 485.0Russian Federation (Siberia) S. sp. (9287)