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Paleonelsonia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Paleonelsonia was named by Özdikmen (2008). Its type is Nelsonia schesis.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Özdikmen (2008).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nelsonia Palmer and Gatehouse p. 27
2002Nelsonia Jell and Adrain p. 478
2008Paleonelsonia Özdikmen p. 318

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPaleonelsonia

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. †Paleonelsonia Özdikmen 2008
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Paleonelsonia schesis Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
Invalid names: Nelsonia Palmer and Gatehouse 1972 [replaced]
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: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Nelsonia schesis (153966 153967 154032)