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Pseudarthron whittingtoni

Artiopoda - Cheloniellida

Taxonomy
Pseudarthron whittingtoni was named by Selden and White (1983). Its type specimen is GSE 13871, 13872, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Slot Burn (=Seggholm), Lesmahagow, which is in a Ludlow marginal marine shale in the Slot Burn Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pseudarthron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pseudarthron whittingtoni Selden and White p. 45 fig. 3,4
2022Pseudarthron whittingtoni Van Roy et al. p. 1474

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderCheloniellidaBroili 1932
genusPseudarthron
specieswhittingtoni

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.

†Pseudarthron whittingtoni Selden and White 1983
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludlow or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Pseudarthron whittingtoni (type locality: 26896)