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Parapoulsenia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Parapoulsenia was named by Rasetti (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Rasetti (1957); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Parapoulsenia Rasetti
2002Parapoulsenia Jell and Adrain p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusParapoulsenia

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. †Parapoulsenia Rasetti 1957
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Parapoulsenia lata Rasetti 1957
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 P. lata (214845)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) P. lata (56703)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) P. lata (50097 50301 50337)