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Plesiomalvinella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Taxonomy
Plesiomalvinella was named by Lieberman and Edgecombe (1991) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calmoniidae by Lieberman et al. (1991); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Plesiomalvinella Lieberman et al.
2002Plesiomalvinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyCalmoniidaeDelo 1935
genusPlesiomalvinellaLieberman and Edgecombe 1991

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. †Plesiomalvinella Lieberman and Edgecombe 1991
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:58:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:58:06
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available