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Pseudosaratogia magna

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosaratogia magna was named by Wilson (1951). Its type specimen is YPM 18444, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudosaratogia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudosaratogia magna Wilson p. 648 figs. Plate 94, figures 9-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusPseudosaratogiaWilson 1951
speciesmagnaWilson 1951

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.

Pseudosaratogia magna Wilson 1951
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:46:23
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:46:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Pseudosaratogia magna (9262 9264 156613 156614 156666 156667 156668)