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Pseudobirmanites

Trilobita - Proetida - Rorringtoniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudobirmanites was named by Li (1978). It is not extant. Its type is Pseudobirmanites leiboensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Madygenia by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Rorringtoniidae by Özdikmen (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Madygenia Petrunina
1978Pseudobirmanites Li
2002Madygenia Jell and Adrain p. 402
2002Madygenia Sepkoski
2004Madygenia Owens
2009Pseudobirmanites Özdikmen p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyRorringtoniidae
genusPseudobirmanitesLi 1978

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.

G. †Pseudobirmanites Li 1978
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†Pseudobirmanites suavis Petrunina 1975
Invalid names: Madygenia Petrunina 1975 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-22 04:43:47
Modified: 2010-02-22 06:43:47
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Aeronian or 458.40000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (JiangSu) Madygenia sp. (7943)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangSu) Madygenia sp. (7942)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (JiangSu) Madygenia communis (192793 192794 192795 192796)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) Madygenia sp. (75890)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Madygenia communis (161781)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5United Kingdom Madygenia brachypyga (165171)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) Madygenia brachypyga (165101)