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Pharostomina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Taxonomy
Pharostomina was named by Sdzuy (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Calymenidae by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968); to Pharostomatidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. mexicana, P. trapezoidalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. tenuisulcata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pharostomina Sdzuy
1957Colpocoryphoides Harrington and Leanza
1968Pharostomina Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 783
2002Pharostomina Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Pharostomina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953
genusPharostominaSdzuy 1955

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. †Pharostomina Sdzuy 1955
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†Pharostomina mexicana Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Pharostomina trapezoidalis Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Colpocoryphoides Harrington and Leanza 1957 [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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:29:21
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:29:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Floian or 485.40000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3663)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina P. tenuisulcata (8897)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic P. ferentaria (3837) P. sp. (3782)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Colpocoryphoides trapezoidalis (9088 115669)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Mexico (Oaxaca) P. mexicana (9837 9852)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Colpocoryphoides trapezoidalis (115716 116071)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia P. alvarezi, P. trapezoidalis (8804) P. sp. (8837) P. trapezoidalis (8839)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco P. sp. (20998)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Spain (Zaragoza) P. sp. (21073 21074)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) P. sp. (136936)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20828)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) P. languedocensis (20827)