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Pseudosaukia sesostris

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus sesostris was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 855b and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudosaukia.

It was recombined as Ptychaspis sesostris by Miller (1889); it was recombined as Pseudosaukia sesostris by Rasetti (1944).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dikelocephalus sesostris Billings
1889Ptychaspis sesostris Miller
1944Pseudosaukia sesostris Rasetti p. 254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusPseudosaukia
speciessesostris(Billings 1865)

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.

Pseudosaukia sesostris Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:03:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Pseudosaukia sesostris (81277)