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Placoparia (Placoparia) cambriensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Placoparia (Placoparia) cambriensis was named by Hicks (1875).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Placoparia (Placoparia) cambriensis Hicks

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPlacopariaHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusPlacopariaHammann 1971
speciescambriensisHicks 1875

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.

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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:47:15
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:34:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Placoparia cambriensis (69843)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom Placoparia cambriensis (69811 69814 69819 69820)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) Placoparia cambriensis (20959 166758)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Salamanca) Placoparia cambriensis (198819)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Spain Placoparia cambriensis (230078 230081 230082 230083 230084)