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Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus Warburg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilySphaerexochinaeOpik 1937
genusPseudosphaerexochus(Schmidt 1881)
speciestuberculatus

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-10 07:43:18
Modified: 2010-01-10 04:06:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Pirgu or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus (161776)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus (73855)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus (124939)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Netherlands Pseudosphaerexochus tuberculatus (192067)