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Psilocephalina lubrica

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Psilocephalina lubrica was named by Hsu (1948). It is the type species of Psilocephalina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Psilocephalina lubrica Hsu pp. 24 - 27 figs. pl. 7, figs 8-15; pl. 8, figs 1-14;

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPsilocephalinaHsu 1948
specieslubricaHsu 1948

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.

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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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Warendian or 486.40000 to 484.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Warendian486.85 - 484.3Australia (Northern Territory) Psilocephalina lubrica (77769 77770 79010) Psilocephalina sp. (77522 79322)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Iran Psilocephalina lubrica (116498 116499 210343)