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Persiax

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Persia Lerosey-Aubril
2022Persiax Lerosey-Aubril and Deshmukh p. 400
2025Persiax Brezinski p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusPersiax

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.

G. †Persiax Lerosey-Aubril and Deshmukh 2022
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Persiax praecox Lerosey-Aubril 2012
Invalid names: Persia Lerosey-Aubril 2012 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012 (Persia)A genus within the Cummingellinae displaying the following unique combination of characters: glabella hourglass-shaped with anterior and posterior parts of sub- equal width (tr.), long (sag.) and rather slender and flat, anterior border rather wide (sag. and exs.) and not overhung by glabella, S1 broadly curved backwards to meet SO, L1 sub-circular, S2–S4 inconspicuous, anterior fixigena rather wide (tr.), high cephalic border, short (exs.) genal spines, pygidium with 10 + 1 axial rings and 8 pleural ribs devoid of conspicuous inter-pleural furrows.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Iran Persia praecox (131770)