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Parapilekia

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Parapilekia was named by Kobayashi (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pilekiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Species
P. atecae, P. beattyana, P. ferrigena, P. jacquelinae, P. olesnaensis, P. sougyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. speciosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Parapilekia Kobayashi
2002Parapilekia Jell and Adrain p. 421
2002Parapilekia Sepkoski
2021Parapilekia Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusParapilekiaKobayashi 1934

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. †Parapilekia Kobayashi 1934
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†Parapilekia atecae Hammann 1971
†Parapilekia beattyana Holliday 1942
†Parapilekia ferrigena Mergl 1994
†Parapilekia jacquelinae Fortey 1980
†Parapilekia olesnaensis Růžička 1935
†Parapilekia sougyi Destombes et al. 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Furongian to the top of the Rangerian or 497.00000 to 470.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina P. sp. (115457)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (25754)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Czechia P. ferrigena (229958)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden P. sp. (3107)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia P. ferrigena (192830) P. olesnaensis (223845) Pilekia olesnaensis (3837)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Morocco P. olesnaensis (20998)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Spain (Zaragoza) P. sp. (21073 21074 21076)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2671)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo) P. speciosa (3183)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (Shropshire) P. sp. (75116)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina P. sp. (8872)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Spain (Zaragoza) P. sp. (21075)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (103785)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (104189)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) P. jacquelinae (106478)