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Plagiura cercops

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia cercops was named by Walcott (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 64377-64381 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Plagiura.

It was recombined as Plagiura cercops by Resser (1935), Lochman (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Ptychoparia cercops Walcott p. 81 figs. pi. 12, figs, 1-1d
1935Plagiura cercops Resser p. 43
1947Plagiura cercops Lochman p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPlagiura
speciescercops(Walcott 1917)

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.

†Plagiura cercops Walcott 1917
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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
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:26:05
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:26:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Delamaran or 508.20000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Plagiura cercops (225263 225264)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) Ptychoparia cercops (225265)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) Plagiura cercops (56703 56704 56717 56720 56721)