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Platybole bergica

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole bergica was named by Richter (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wuppertal-"Üllendahl", which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Dasberg Sandstone Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Platybole, Cyrtosymbole (Bonnaspidella).

It was recombined as Cyrtosymbole (Bonnaspidella) bergica by Yuan (1988); it was recombined as Platybole bergica by Basse and Lemke (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cyrtosymbole bergica Richter p. 73 figs. 387, Taf. 22, Fig. 22-23
1988Cyrtosymbole (Bonnaspidella) bergica Yuan pp. Abb. 4
2011Platybole bergica Basse and Lemke pp. 73 - 74 figs. Taf. 2, Fig. 12-15; Taf. 3, Fig. 16-23; Taf. 4, Fig. 25-26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusPlatybole
speciesbergica()

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.

Platybole bergica Richter 1913
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Cyrtosymbole bergica (234937)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Cyrtosymbole bergica (234936)