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Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura)

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) was named by Chaubet (1937).

It was synonymized subjectively with Aulacopleura by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Aulacopleura by Chaubet (1937), Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) Chaubet
2019Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) Zhou and Zhou p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusAulacopleuraHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusParaaulacopleuraChaubet 1937

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.

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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:02:16
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:02:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Eifelian or 471.30000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Aulacopleura dawanensis (116203)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) Aulacopleura dawanensis (116200 221220)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion reedi (208120)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Aulacopleura reedi (165043 192744)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Aulacopleura ignorata (27059)