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Pseudohystricurus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Pseudohystricurus was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Pseudohystricurus obesus.

It was assigned to Dimeropygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. obesus (type species), P. rotundus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudohystricurus Ross p. 74
2002Pseudohystricurus Jell and Adrain p. 434
2002Pseudohystricurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusPseudohystricurus

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. †Pseudohystricurus Ross 1951
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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: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Whiterockian or 483.40000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104558)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Idaho) P. rotundus (103814)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104517)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) P. sp. (282 78730 78731)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. obesus (105867)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) P. sp. (80088)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (10989)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2671)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (211106)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Utah) P. sp. (104109)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Idaho) P. obesus (103822) P. sp. (103809)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (80065)