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Parasolenopleura scanica

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Taxonomy
Parasolenopleura scanica was named by Westergård (1953). Its type specimen is SGU 6277, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. amundseni, P. brevicauda, P. cooperi, P. spinigera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Parasolenopleura scanica Westergård p. 25 figs. pl. 6, figs 5–8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusParasolenopleuraWestergard 1953
speciesscanicaWestergård 1953

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.

†Parasolenopleura scanica Westergård 1953
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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 mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:41:31
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:41:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Parasolenopleura scanica (176679 179691)