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Phillipsinella parabola

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Phacops parabola was named by Stormer (1953). It is the type species of Phillipsinella.

It was recombined as Phillipsinella parabola by Owen and Bruton (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Phillipsinella parabola Owen and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusPhillipsinellaNovak 1885
speciesparabola(Stormer 1953)

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.

Phillipsinella parabola Stormer 1953
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:53:30
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:53:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kralodvorian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 450.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) Phillipsinella parabola (76078 76080)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Phillipsinella parabola (151985)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Phillipsinella parabola (3875 3879 238013)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) Phillipsinella parabola (24455)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Phillipsinella sp. (3675)