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Pateraspis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Pateraspis was named by Prantl and Pribyl (1947). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cheiruridae by Edgecombe et al. (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Pateraspis Prantl and Pribyl
1999Pateraspis Edgecombe et al.
2002Pateraspis Jell and Adrain p. 423

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPateraspisPrantl and Pribyl 1947

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.

G. †Pateraspis Prantl and Pribyl 1947
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-10 02:34:18
Modified: 2010-01-10 04:34:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Llanvirn or 486.50000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20819)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Oviedo) P. sp. (21094)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) P. sp. (76458)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (73375 73384 73385)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Portugal P. sp. (20958)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France P. sp. (21004)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) P. sp. (20893)