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Pseudomera insolita

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pliomerops insolita was named by Poulsen (1927).

It was recombined as Pseudomera insolita by Hintze (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pliomerops insolita Poulsen
1953Pseudomera insolita Hintze pp. 222-223 figs. pl. 23, figs. 5-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPseudomera
speciesinsolita(Poulsen 1927)

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.

Pseudomera insolita Poulsen 1927
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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: 10 to < 100g
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 07:59:54
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:59:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Utah) Pseudomera insolita (77845)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Pliomerops insolita (104266) Pliomerops insolita, Pseudomera insolita (104262) Pseudomera insolita (63846 63848 63926 63927 63931)