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Selenopeltoides

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Selenopeltoides was named by Prantl and Pribyl (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Selenopeltoides Prantl and Pribyl
2002Selenopeltoides Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002Selenopeltoides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
genusSelenopeltoidesPrantl and Pribyl 1949

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. †Selenopeltoides Prantl and Pribyl 1949
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Selenopeltoides nodulatus Van Ingen 1901
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-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Wenlock or 440.80000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Czech Republic S. caloxyl (14122)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) S. sp. (77328)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Arkansas) S. nodulatus (229058)