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Protarabellites

Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha

Taxonomy
Protarabellites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eunicemorpha by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. rectangularis, P. staufferi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Protarabellites Sepkoski

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

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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Vormsi to the top of the Ludfordian or 449.90000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia P. staufferi (159346 159347)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) P. sp. A. (155697)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Czech Republic P. rectangularis (216655 216656 216658 216660 216669 216673 216675)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic P. rectangularis (216657)