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Parangustibole

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy

Species
P. glacensis, P. sinensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parangustibole Yuan and Xiang p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusParangustibole

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.

G. †Parangustibole Yuan and Xiang 1998
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Parangustibole glacensis Richter 1913
Parangustibole sinensis Yuan and Xiang 1998
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang 1998A new genus of Cyrtosymbolinae Hupe, 1953 with the following characteristic combination of features: Cranidium strongly vaulted; glabella long and slender, subconical in outline, bluntly rounded anteriorly, with 3 pairs of very faint glabellar furrows; preglabellar field absent; occipital ring pl ump, without lateral occipital lobe; anterior border broad (exsag.), cushion -like ; anterior border furrow very shallow; anterior branches of facial sutures (fJ r ) long, running nearly parallel forward , posterior branches with moderately long straight section £ -f; ; palpebral lobe moderately long, gently projecting outwards; r and £ distant from dorsal furrow; eye medium in size; eye platform present; free cheek without genal spine.
Pygidium semicircular to subtriangular in outline, with demarcated broad pygidial border; axis relatively short, with 7-8 axial rings; pleural area with 6-7 pairs of pleural ribs, of which anterior bands are somewhat dominating; pleural and interpleural furrows narrow and distinct; sculpture: granular.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China (Guangxi) P. sinensis (222336 222337 222338 234700)