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Phylacterus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Taxonomy
Phylacterus was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phylacteridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Phylacterus Raymond
1937Liostracinoides Raymond
2002Phylacterus Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Liostracinoides Sepkoski
2002Phylacterus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPhylacteridaeLudvigsen and Westrop 1989
genusPhylacterusRaymond 1924

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. †Phylacterus Raymond 1924
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Phylacterus texanus Longacre 1970
Invalid names: Liostracinoides Raymond 1937 [synonym]
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: 2009-12-19 04:28:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:28:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Skullrockian or 490.20000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) P. saylesi (6871 8976)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. saylesi (81270) P. texanus (81269)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) P. vermontanus (55285 55311)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Westonaspis texana (216016)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Liostracinoides texanus (105857)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) Westonaspis texana (240193)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. saylesi (81290) P. saylesi, P. texanus (81289)