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Ptychoparia striata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia striata was named by Whitfield (1878). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ptychoparia striata Whitfield p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyPtychopariinaeMatthew 1887
genusPtychopariaCorda 1847
speciesstriataWhitfield 1878

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.

Ptychoparia striata Whitfield 1878
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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: 2009-06-10 08:29:52
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:29:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Amgan or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Czech Republic (Bohemia) Ptychoparia striata (67708)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5Czech Republic Ptychoparia striata (73529 73536 73537 73545 73557 203343)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Vinice) Ptychoparia striata (76452)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Ptychoparia striata (67775)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Litavka) Ptychoparia striata (76455)