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Placoparia africana

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Placoparia africana was named by Gutierrez-Marco et al. (2022). Its type specimen is MGM-6732X, an exoskeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Bou Nemrou quarry, which is in a Sandbian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/mudstone in the Izegguirene Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Placoparia africana Gutierrez-Marco et al. p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusPlacopariaHawle and Corda 1847
speciesafricana

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.

Placoparia africana Gutierrez-Marco et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:47:15
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:34:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.20000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Morocco Placoparia africana (type locality: 239416)