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Ptychopleurites carinata

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Aposolenopleura carinata was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1118, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ptychopleurites carinata by Ludvigsen et al. (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Aposolenopleura carinata Rasetti p. 239
1989Ptychopleurites carinata Ludvigsen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
familyPagodiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPtychopleuritesKobayashi 1936
speciescarinata()

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.

Ptychopleurites carinata Rasetti 1944
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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 23:34:41
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:34:41
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ptychopleurites carinata (81285)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Aposolenopleura carinata (224140)