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Prodamesella

Trilobita

Taxonomy
Prodamesella was named by Chang (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Dres Sepkoski's reference number: 459,483]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. convexa, P. punctata
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. biserrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Prodamesella Chang
2002Prodamesella Jell and Adrain p. 482
2002Prodamessella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusProdamesellaChang 1957

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. †Prodamesella Chang 1957
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†Prodamesella convexa Chang 1957
†Prodamesella punctata Ergaliev 1980
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: base of the Floran to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) P. biserrata (225072)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. tumidula (49161 49163 49164 49274 128341)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan P. biserrata, P. convexa (9963 118096)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. biserrata (49172 49298 126287) P. biserrata, P. punctata (49176 49182) P. punctata (49174 49184 126313 126440) P. subtriangulata (128933)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan P. punctata (118186 118235 118238 118239 118240 118241 118244)