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Stenopilus pronus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Stenopilus pronus was named by Raymond (1924).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Stenopilus pronus Raymond

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusStenopilusRaymond 1924
speciespronusRaymond 1924

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.

Stenopilus pronus Raymond 1924
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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-developedg
Created: 2010-01-02 08:53:45
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:53:45
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) Stenopilus pronus (6871 8976)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Stenopilus pronus (81270 81271 81272)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Stenopilus pronus (224142)