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Plethopeltis arbucklensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Plethopeltis arbucklensis was named by Stitt (1971). Its type specimen is OU 6522 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Plethopeltis arbucklensis Stitt pp. 35 - 36 figs. PI. 8, figs. 10-15

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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
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusPlethopeltisRaymond 1913
speciesarbucklensis

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
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: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-11 07:53:19
Modified: 2010-01-02 11:02:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Skullrockian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 488.90000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 10 - Skullrockian491.0 - 483.4USA (Oklahoma) Plethopeltis arbucklensis (240380 240381 240382 240383)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (New Mexico) Plethopeltis arbucklensis (203888 203889)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Nevada) Plethopeltis arbucklensis (75440)