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Platykardiapyge aequisulcata

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Metacanthina aequisulcata was named by Gandl (1972).

It was recombined as Pilletina aequisulcata by Smeenk (1983); it was recombined as Platykardiapyge aequisulcata by Van Viersen and Kloc (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Metacanthina aequisulcata Gandl
1983Pilletina aequisulcata Smeenk p. 397
2022Platykardiapyge aequisulcata Van Viersen and Kloc p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusPlatykardiapyge
speciesaequisulcata()

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Siegen or 414.00000 to 409.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Lochkovian - Siegen414.0 - 409.1Spain Metacanthina aequisulcata (40504)