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Pelturinae

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Pelturinae Hawle and Corda
1957Pelturinae Harrington and Leanza
1968Pelturinae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 791

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847

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.

Subfm. †Pelturinae Hawle and Corda 1847
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G. †Anaximander Fortey 1974
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†Anaximander clavatus Fortey 1974
G. †Chungkingaspis Lu 1962
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G. †Leptoplastides Raw 1908
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†Leptoplastides argentinensis Kobayashi 1935
†Leptoplastides coniunctus Tomczykowa 1968
†Leptoplastides depressus Salter In Murchinson 1859
†Leptoplastides granulosus Harrington 1938
†Leptoplastides irae Orlowski 1968
†Leptoplastides latus Tomczykowa 1968
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Invalid names: Beltella czarnockii Tomczykowa 1968 [synonym]
†Leptoplastides nodifer Rushton 1982
†Leptoplastides salteri Callaway 1877
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Invalid names: Beltella spinifera Lake 1932 [synonym]
†Leptoplastides ulrichi Kayser 1897
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Invalid names: Beltella convexa Tomczykowa 1968 [synonym], Beltella rotundata Tomczykowa 1968 [synonym]
Invalid names: Andesaspis Kobayashi 1935 [synonym], Beltella Lake 1919 [synonym], Parabolinopsis [synonym]
G. †Leurostega Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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†Leurostega aphelix Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
G. †Psilocara Fortey 1974
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†Psilocara comma Fortey 1974
†Psilocara patagiatum Fortey 1974
G. †Svalbardites Fortey 1974
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†Svalbardites hamus Fortey 1974
†Svalbardites hebaxis Fortey 1974
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Moridunian or 486.50000 to 473.80000 Ma

Collections (161 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (Jujuy) Beltella ulrichi (115417 115418 115419 115420 115424 115425)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina Beltella ulrichi (115458 223798)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Poland Beltella irae (72275) Leptoplastides irae (223758) Leptoplastides sp., Leptoplastides irae (223760) Leptoplastides sp., Leptoplastides irae, Leptoplastides coniunctus (223759)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Beltella nodifer (229503 229505 229507 229509 229514)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Norway Leptoplastides spiniferus, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides ulrichi (229866) Leptoplastides spiniferus, Leptoplastides n. sp., Leptoplastides sp., Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Peltura sp. (229868) Leptoplastides spiniferus, Leptoplastides sp., Leptoplastides n. sp, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Peltura sp. (229867)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.7Poland Beltella irae, Beltella rotundata (72274)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leptoplastides marianus (105869)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Psilocara comma, Svalbardites hamus (106470) Psilocara patagiatum, Anaximander clavatus (106471) Svalbardites hamus (106472) Svalbardites hebaxis (106475)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) Beltella sp. (3663 3712) Leptoplastides salteri (3711)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Texas) Andesaspis argentinensis (223753)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Mexico (Oaxaca) Leptoplastides marianus (9826 9828 9839) Leurostega aphelix (9845)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Beltella ulrichi (115764 115976 115977 115978 115979 115980 115981) Parabolinopsis mariana (115696 115699 115700 115769 115783 115803 115807 115811 115812 115813 115815 115826 115831 115987 115992 116021 116022 116025 116043 116048 116051 116090) Parabolinopsis sp. (115765 115777)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) Chungkingaspis sp. (5281)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Leptoplastides marianus (74345 210703) Parabolinopsis mariana (9085 9087 9088 9090 9092 9093 9094 9097 9099 9100 9101 115581 115582 115651 115652 115666)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Beltella sp., Parabolinopsis sp. (8866) Parabolinopsis sp. (8867 8895 8901 8903 9008 9010)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Chungkingaspis sinensis (185918)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Beltella sp. (20833 76568)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia Beltella ulrichi (8802) Leptoplastides granulosus (8840) Leptoplastides sp. (8801 8803 8837 8838) Parabolinopsis mariana (8839) Parabolinopsis sp. (8804 8841)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Colombia Parabolinopsis sp. (8862)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Sichuan) Andesaspis sinensis (7280)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco Beltella sp. (20998)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) Leptoplastides salteri (75116)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) Beltella sp. (208134) Leptoplastides salteri (3710)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco Leptoplastides salteri (229397)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7United Kingdom Beltella depressa (208218 208221 208223) Beltella nodifer (229518)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Leptoplastides sp. (136916 136917 136934 136935 136936 136937 136938 136939 136940 136944 136945 136946 136947 136948 136949 136950)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Leptoplastides marianus (156001 208283 208284 208285 208286 208287 208288 208289 208290 208291 208292 208293 208294)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) Beltella depressa (223757)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Leptoplastides marianus (208299 208300 208303 208304) Leptoplastides sp. (208306 208307 208308 208309 208310 208315 208316 208317)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Svalbardites sp. (76646 76648)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Psilocara sp. (8777)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom Leptoplastides sp. (208133)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) Svalbardites hebaxis (106473)