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Phaetonellus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Phaetonellus was named by Novak (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: O D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 421].

It was assigned to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eremiproetinae by Bault et al. (2021).

Species
P. planicaudus, P. schrieli
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. aloisi, P. maurusius, P. pymon, P. vaneki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Phaetonellus Novak
2002Phaetonellus Jell and Adrain p. 424
2002Phaetonellus Sepkoski
2021Phaetonellus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusPhaetonellusNovak 1890

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. †Phaetonellus Novak 1890
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†Phaetonellus planicaudus Barrande 1846
†Phaetonellus schrieli Alberti 1968
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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 402.50000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) P. pymon, P. vaneki, P. aloisi (12183)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) P. lukesi (12143)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic P. lukesi (10467)
Zlichovian - Eifelian409.1 - 387.7Morocco P. maurusius (27058)
Daleje - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Czech Republic P. pymon, P. aloisi, P. vaneki (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco P. planicaudus (27071)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco P. planicauda (27114)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) P. hergetianus, P. planicaudus (12040)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) P. n. sp. E Basse 1997 (232878)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) P. planicauda (5865) P. planicaudus (5768) P. spp. (25118)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) P. pymon, P. aloisi, P. vaneki (229648)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) P. hergetianus, P. planicauda (12257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) P. sp. E (188939)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic P. planicaudus (10474)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany P. schrieli (5907)