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Pytine brevicauda

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx brevicauda was named by Wiman (1905).

It was recombined as Pytine brevicauda by Hoel (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Ampyx brevicauda Wiman
1999Pytine brevicauda Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)
genusPytine
speciesbrevicauda(Wiman 1905)

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.

†Pytine brevicauda Wiman 1905
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Floian or 486.85000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Pytine brevicauda (190883 190886)