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Prionopeltis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Prionopeltis was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Gedi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1106].

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Phaeton Barrande
1847Phaetonides Barrande
1847Prionopeltis Hawle and Corda
1877Proetus (Phaeton) Meek
2002Prionopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Prionopeltis Sepkoski
2021Prionopeltis Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDrevermanniinaeMaximova 1960
genusPrionopeltisHawle and Corda 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. †Prionopeltis Hawle and Corda 1847
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†Prionopeltis archiaci Barrande 1846
†Prionopeltis dracula Šnajdr 1980
†Prionopeltis klonk Šnajdr 1980
†Prionopeltis praecedens Bouček 1935
†Prionopeltis prokopi Šnajdr 1976
†Prionopeltis unica Šnajdr 1976
Invalid names: Phaetonides Barrande 1847 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 08:20:58
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:20:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Eifelian or 449.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Phaetonides sp. (73414)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Czechia (Bohemia) P. sp. (20759)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia P. archiaci, P. dracula (14054)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia P. praecedens (14106)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Algeria P. striata (27153)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Czechia P. praecedens (14126)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia P. archiaci (233408 235292 235294 235295) P. archiaci, P. dracula (14069 14070 14111) P. archiaci, P. praecedens (14071) P. praecedens (14067) P. sp. (14110) P. sp., P. archiaci, P. dracula (14128) P. sp., P. striata, P. archiaci, P. dracula (14072) P. striata, P. archiaci, P. dracula (14156)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia P. prokopi, P. unica (14130) P. sp., P. striata (14073) P. striata (14076) P. striata, P. unica (14113 14131 14157) P. striatus (13894 13896 14079 50658) P. striatus, P. unica (14045)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia P. klonk (10281 14118)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Prague) P. klonk (12068)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) Phaetonides gemmaeus (232686)