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Paralejurus tenuistriatus

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Paralejurus tenuistriatus was named by Schraut and Feist (2004). Its type specimen is SMF 76676 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Oufatene, Tazoulait Fm., which is in an Emsian carbonate horizon in the Tazoulait Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Paralejurus tenuistriatus Schraut and Feist p. 720 figs. 7.2, 7.6, 7.7, 7.10-7.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyScutelluinaeRichter and Richter 1955
genusParalejurusHawle and Corda 1847
speciestenuistriatus

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.

Paralejurus tenuistriatus Schraut and Feist 2004
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 399.50000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Paralejurus tenuistriatus (type locality: 238357)