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Psalikilopsis

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Psalikilopsis was named by Ross (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Hystricuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Adrain et al. (2003); and to Bathyurinae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Psalikilopsis Ross p. 638
2002Psalikilopsis Jell and Adrain p. 432
2002Psalikilopsis Sepkoski
2003Psalikilopsis Adrain et al. p. 559
2013Psalikilopsis Fortey and Bruton

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPsalikilopsis

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. †Psalikilopsis Ross 1953
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Stairsian or 480.80000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) P. sp. 1 (228283)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Norway (Spitsbergen) P. cuspicaudata (189837)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) P. cuspicaudata (228285 228298) P. cuspidicauda (105092)