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Ptychaspis granulosa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus granulosus was named by Owen (1852). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ptychaspis granulosa by Whitfield (1878).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Dikelocephalus granulosus Owen p. 575 figs. fig. 7
1878Ptychaspis granulosa Whitfield p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusPtychaspisHall 1863
speciesgranulosa(Owen 1852)

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.

Ptychaspis granulosa Owen 1852
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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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:07:41
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:07:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Franconian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Ptychaspis granulosa (247 131319 240232)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Minnesota) Ptychaspis granulosa (62099 62100 62101 62102 62103 62104 62105 62106 62107 62108 62109 62110)