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Psilocephalina lubrica

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Psilocephalina lubrica was named by Hsu (1948). It is the type species of Psilocephalina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Psilocephalina lubrica Hsu pp. 24 - 27 figs. pl. 7, figs 8-15; pl. 8, figs 1-14;

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPsilocephalinaHsu 1948
specieslubricaHsu 1948

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
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Warendian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Psilocephalina lubrica (116498 116499 210343)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Northern Territory) Psilocephalina lubrica (77769 77770 79010) Psilocephalina sp. (77522 79322)