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Ptychoparia (Lonchocephalus) wisconsensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia (Lonchocephalus) wisconsensis was named by Walcott (1899).

It was recombined as Crepicephalus wisconsensis by Owen (1852); it was recombined as Conocephalites wisconsinensis by Hall (1863); it was recombined as Saratogia wisconsinensis by Walcott (1916); it was recombined as Idahoia wisconsinensis by Resser (1935) and Resser (1935); it was recombined as Idahoia wisconsensis by Bell et al. (1952); it was recombined as Saratogia wisconsensis by Walcott (1916), Westrop (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Crepicephalus wisconsensis Owen fig. 13
1863Conocephalites wisconsinensis Hall p. 164 figs. pi. 7, figs. 39, 41 ; pi. 8, figs. 22-24, 27, 28
1899Ptychoparia (Lonchocephalus) wisconsensis Walcott p. 461 figs. pI. 64, figs. 1, l a (not fig. lb: Saratogia sp.; 1c: Wilbernia sp.)
1916Saratogia wisconsensis Walcott pp. 198-199 figs. pI. 34, figs. 5, 5a-c
1916Saratogia wisconsinensis Walcott p. 198 figs. pi. 34, figs. 5-5c
1935Idahoia wisconsinensis Resser p. 35
1952Idahoia wisconsensis Bell et al. p. 189 figs. pl. 37, fig. 3b,c, 3e-f
1986Saratogia wisconsensis Westrop

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusPtychopariaOwen 1852
subgenusLonchocephalus
specieswisconsensisWalcott 1899

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available