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Ptychoparia logani

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Olenus logani was named by Devine (1863). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 903 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ptychoparia logani by Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Loganellus logani by Bassler (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Olenus logani Devine
1884Ptychoparia logani Walcott
1915Loganellus logani Bassler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyPtychopariinaeMatthew 1887
genusPtychopariaCorda 1847
specieslogani(Devine 1863)

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.

Ptychoparia logani Devine 1863
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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 08:29:52
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:29:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Loganellus logani (55284 55303)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Quebec) Loganellus logani (56819)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Loganellus logani (81269 81284)