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Parapoulsenia lata

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Parapoulsenia lata was named by Rasetti (1957). Its type specimen is GSC 13561, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Field Section, bed W7ef, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Mt. Whyte Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Parapoulsenia lata Rasetti p. 964 figs. PI. 120, fig. 4-7; text-fig. 1
2021Parapoulsenia lata Korovnikov and Lazarev figs. pl. 1 f. 9-12

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusParapoulsenia
specieslata

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.

Parapoulsenia lata Rasetti 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Solvan or 512.10000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Mongolia Parapoulsenia lata (214845)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) Parapoulsenia lata (type locality: 56703)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Parapoulsenia lata (50097 50301 50337)