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Placoparia (Placoparia)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Placoparia (Placoparia) was named by Hammann (1971). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Placoparia by Hammann (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Placoparia (Placoparia) Hammann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPlacopariaHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusPlacopariaHammann 1971

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.

Subg. †Placoparia (Placoparia) Hammann 1971
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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:47:15
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:34:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Dobrotivian or 468.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom Placoparia cambriensis (69811 69814 69819 69820)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Placoparia cambriensis (69843)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) Placoparia cambriensis (20959 166758)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Salamanca) Placoparia cambriensis (198819)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Spain Placoparia cambriensis (230078 230081 230082 230083 230084)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Placoparia zippei (192908)