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Podowrinella straitonensis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops straitonensis was named by Lamont (1965). Its type specimen is BU 1900, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Podowrinella.

It was recombined as Podowrinella straitonensis by Clarkson et al. (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phacops straitonensis Lamont p. 132 figs. Pl. 20, fig. 1
1977Podowrinella straitonensis Clarkson et al. p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusPodowrinella
speciesstraitonensis(Lamont 1965)

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: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wenlock or 438.60000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Podowrinella straitonensis (23089)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Podowrinella straitonensis (170692 170695 188541 188542)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Podowrinella straitonensis (170696 188540)