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Portentosus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Portentosus was named by Egorova (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Portentosus Egorova
2002Portentosus Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Portentosus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPortentosusEgorova 1955

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. †Portentosus Egorova 1955
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available