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Proapatokephaloides longiformis

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Proapatokephaloides longiformis was named by Ergaliev (1980). It is not extant. It is the type species of Proapatokephaloides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Proapatokephaloides longiformis Ergaliev

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusProapatokephaloides
specieslongiformis

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.

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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: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Batyrbaian or 491.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Kazakhstan Proapatokephaloides longiformis (118906 118907 118909 118910)