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Wilbernia pero

Artiopoda - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia pero was named by Walcott (1890). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Wilbernia pero by Walcott (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ptychoparia pero Walcott p. 274 figs. pl. 21, fig. 6
1924Wilbernia pero Walcott p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusWilberniaWalcott 1924
speciespero(Walcott 1890)

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.

Wilbernia pero Walcott 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:24:04
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:24:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Minnesota) Wilbernia pero (62102 62103 62108 62110 62112 62118 62119)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Wilbernia pero (247 240232)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Wilbernia pero (54091 64687 81306)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Utah) Wilbernia pero (240245)