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Punctatus

Taxonomy
Punctatus was named by He (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: V N-Da Cm Tomm-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1006]. Its type is Punctatus emeiensis.

It was assigned to Problematica by Conway Morris and Menge (1992), Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. emeiensis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Punctatus He
1992Punctatus Conway Morris and Menge p. 401
2002Punctatus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
genusPunctatusHe 1980

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. †Punctatus He 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Steiner et al. (2004).g
Created: 2009-06-11 12:47:53
Modified: 2009-06-11 14:47:53
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Manykaian or 530.70000 to 529.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Shaanxi) P. emeiensis (7819)
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0China (Sichuan) P. emeiensis (7818)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Shaanxi) P. emeiensis (86553 86554 86555 86556 86558 86560 86561 86564 86566) P. mirabilis, P. emeiensis (86619)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5China (Shaanxi) P. emeiensis (86588 86589 86590)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) P. emeiensis (108312)