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Perrector pocteyi

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Despujolsiidae

Taxonomy
Perrector pocteyi was named by Hupé (1953). Its type specimen is G. 342., a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Issafen Syncline, which is in an Atdabanian marine horizon in the Issafen Formation of Morocco.

It was corrected as Perrector pocteyae by Geyer and Landing (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Perrector pocteyi Hupé pp. 60, 64, 82, 94, 96, 187, 188 figs. text-fig. 44,2
2006Perrector pocteyae Geyer and Landing p. 97
2020Perrector pocteyi Geyer p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyDespujolsiidaeHarrington 1959
genusPerrectorRichter 1940
speciespocteyi

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.

†Perrector pocteyi Hupé 1953
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco Perrector pocteyi (type locality: 232861)