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Protolenus (Protolenus) pisidianus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Protolenus (Protolenus) pisidianus was named by Dean and Özgül (1994). Its type specimen is IRScNB No. a 8814 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Protolenus pisidianus by Garcia-Bellido et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protolenus (Protolenus) pisidianus Dean and Özgül pp. 13 - 14 figs. Plate 1, Figures 1-3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19
2011Protolenus pisidianus Garcia-Bellido et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyProtoleninae(Richter and Richter)
genusProtolenusMatthew 1892
subgenusProtolenusMatthews 1892
speciespisidianus

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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cambrian to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 538.80000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Spain (Aragon) Protolenus pisidianus (120550 120552)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Italy (Iglesiente) Protolenus pisidianus (139878)