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Palpebralina latepalpebralis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy

Palpebralia latepalpebralis was named by Feist and Schindler (1994). Its type specimen is USTM/RF 62, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Palpebralina latepalpebralis by Feist and McNamara (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1994	Palpebralia latepalpebralis Feist and Schindler pp. 207 - 208 figs. Pl. 1 Figs 14-18
2013	Palpebralina latepalpebralis Feist and McNamara p. 239

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
superfamily	Proetoidea	Hawle and Corda 1847
family	Proetidae	Salter 1864
subfamily	Drevermanniinae	Maximova 1960
genus	Palpebralina
species	latepalpebralis	()

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.

†Palpebralina latepalpebralis Feist and Schindler 1994

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. Feist and E. Schindler 1994	Glabella large with sffaight,s lowly convergingd orsal funows and broad flontal lobe; large well-developed palpebrallo besa nteriorlys upersedebdy stronge ye-ridges; v isuala reaw ithouti ndividualizede ye-lobes, eparated from genal field by periocular furrow; pygidium with high,s tronglyv aultedp leuralf ields;b orderf unow presentm, arginn arow, posteriorlyb entv ertically

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:

deposit feedero

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-06-11 18:30:23

Modified:

2009-12-19 04:35:55

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 379.00000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian	379.0 - 375.2	France (Hérault)	Palpebralia latepalpebralis (234856)
Late/Upper Frasnian	375.2 - 372.15	France (Alsace)	Palpebralia latepalpebralis (38675)
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	France	Palpebralia latepalpebralis (234854)