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Pteroparia extrema

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Pteroparia extrema was named by Feist and McNamara (2013). Its type specimen is WAM 11.208, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Pteroparia extrema Feist and McNamara pp. 248-249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyPteropariinae
genusPteroparia
speciesextrema

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.

Pteroparia extrema Feist and McNamara 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013Cephalon with semicircular outline, short gla- bella, very short palpebral suture, fixigenae that extend far backward and minute librigenae without eye or ocular furrow. Pygidium short; axis with well-defined first axial ring, laterally not protruding.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 03:02:22
Modified: 2010-06-25 05:43:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Pteroparia extrema (216427 223206)