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Pachyaspis gallagari

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Pachyaspis gallagari was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153603, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 14, which is in a Delamaran carbonate shale/limestone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Pachyaspis gallagari Fritz p. 231 figs. Pl. 40, figs. 11-13
1979Pachyaspis gallagari Palmer and Halley p. 112 figs. Plate 15, figure 8

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPachyaspisResser 1938
speciesgallagari

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.

Pachyaspis gallagari Fritz 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Pachyaspis gallagari (type locality: 77203 77204 149565 149566 149568 149569 155995)