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Pistoprion

Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha

Taxonomy
Pistoprion is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eunicemorpha by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. transitans
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pistoprion Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderEunicemorpha
genusPistoprion

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
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 10:49:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:49:26
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Ludfordian or 450.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia P. transitans (159345)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia P. transitans (159346 159347)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia P. transitans (159348)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. transitans (222958)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Czechia P. sp. (216650 216652 216655 216656 216658 216659 216660 216661 216662 216669 216672 216674 216675)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia P. sp. (216657)