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Placoparia (Coplacoparia) tournemini

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Calymene tournemini was named by Rouault (1847). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Placoparia (Coplacoparia) tourneminei by Hammann (1971); it was recombined as Placoparia tournemini by Hammann (1977); it was recombined as Placoparia (Coplacoparia) tournemini by Rabano (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Calymene tournemini Rouault
1971Placoparia (Coplacoparia) tourneminei Hammann pp. 64-65 figs. lám. 3, figs. 16-26, 28; fig. texto 5
1977Placoparia tournemini Hammann
1989Placoparia (Coplacoparia) tournemini Rabano pp. 822 - 824 figs. pl. 26, figs. 7-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPlacopariaHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusCoplacopariaHammann 1971
speciestournemini(Rouault 1847)

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: 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: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Llandeilo or 459.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Spain Placoparia tourneminei (230086)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Ciudad Real) Placoparia tournemini (44050)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) Placoparia tournemini (20891 166760)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Guadalajara) Placoparia tourneminei (194899)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Finistere) Placoparia tourneminei (20865)