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Ptychometopus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Taxonomy
Ptychometopus was named by Schmidt (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pharostomatidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ptychometopus Schmidt
2002Ptychometopus Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Ptychometopus Sepkoski

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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
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyPharostomatidaeHupé 1953
genusPtychometopusSchmidt 1894

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. †Ptychometopus Schmidt 1894
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:30:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Billingen or 475.60000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Russian Federation P. schmidti (169221)