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Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura

Trilobita

Taxonomy
Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura was named by Ross (1951). Its type specimen is YPM 18198, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura Ross p. 119 figs. Pl. 29, figs. 14, 17, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusPseudoclelandia
speciesfluxafissura

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Stairsian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura (type locality: 103822 106389 228261 228262)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura (10989)
Tulean485.4 - 471.8USA (Utah) Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura (104076)