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Ptychaspis pustulosa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Ptychaspis pustulosa was named by Hall and Whitfield (1877). Its type specimen is USNM 24579 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dunderbergia pustulosa by Resser (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ptychaspis pustulosa Hall and Whitfield p. 223 figs. pi. 2, fig. 27
1935Dunderbergia pustulosa Resser p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusPtychaspisHall 1863
speciespustulosaHall and Whitfield 1877

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.

Ptychaspis pustulosa Hall and Whitfield 1877
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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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:07:41
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:07:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available