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Palmerara granosa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Poulsenia granosa was named by Resser (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Caborcella granosa by Fritz (1968); it was recombined as Nyella granosa by Palmer and Halley (1979); it was recombined as Palmerara granosa by Özdikmen (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Poulsenia granosa Resser
1968Caborcella granosa Fritz p. 221 figs. pl. 39, figs. 9-15
1979Nyella granosa Palmer and Halley p. 111 figs. Plate 14, figures 5-10
2009Palmerara granosa Özdikmen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPalmerara
speciesgranosa()

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.

†Palmerara granosa Resser 1939
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Menevian or 510.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Caborcella granosa (77188 77204 155978 155985 155993 155998) Nyella granosa (149564 149565 149566)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Nyella granosa (9414 9440 9441 9444 9452 9454 9459 9467)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Poulsenia granosa (type locality: 50208)