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Pseudokainella

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Pseudokainella was named by Harrington (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Richardsonellinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. armatus, P. keideli, P. lata, P. pustulosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. diggerensis, P. macarenae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pseudokainella Harrington
1957Pseudokainella Harrington and Leanza
1976Elankaspis Egorova
1982Fatocephalus Duan and An
1982Elkanaspis Ludvigson
2002Pseudokainella Jell and Adrain p. 434
2002Elankaspis Sepkoski
2002Elkanaspis Sepkoski
2002Fatocephalus Sepkoski
2002Pseudokainella 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
genusPseudokainellaHarrington 1938

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. †Pseudokainella Harrington 1938
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†Pseudokainella armatus Hintze 1953
†Pseudokainella keideli Harrington 1938
†Pseudokainella lata Kobayashi 1935
†Pseudokainella pustulosa Harrington and Leanza 1957
Invalid names: Elankaspis Egorova 1976 [synonym], Elkanaspis Ludvigson 1982 [synonym], Fatocephalus Duan and An 1982 [synonym]
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

Age range: base of the Niuchehean to the top of the Skullrockian or 489.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Jilin Provence) Fatocephalus chytrus (156908)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Elkanaspis cristata (81270 81285 81286) Elkanaspis unisulcata (81269 81284)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Elkanaspis futile (55285 55305 55308 55310)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Fatocephalus hunanensis (107334 126681) Fatocephalus hunanensis, Fatocephalus hungjiangensis (126730)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Jilin) Fatocephalus hunjiangensis, Fatocephalus chytrus (156907)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) P. armatus (104176) P. sp. (104153 104158 104164 104169 104179) P. sp. A (104184)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) P. lata (115696 115775 115785 115812 115813 115831 115987 115992 116018 116023 116025 116043 116051) P. pustulosa (115804 115807)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Colombia P. macarenae (8862)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China P. sp. (66807)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) P. keideli (9090 9092 9093) P. lata (9080 9097 115582) P. pustulosa (9085 115690)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina P. sp. (8901 9008)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia (Tarija) P. boliviana, P. sp. (210709)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Antarctica P. sp. (116174)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) P. impar (75116)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6China (Jilin Provence) P. jilinensis (156936 156937 156941 156942)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Yukon) Elkanaspis corrugata (55315)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Elkanaspis corrugata (81289)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) P. sp. (136916 136917 136934 136935 136944 136945 136947 136949)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) P. keideli (208300 208301 208303 208305 208306)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina P. keideli (208288 208289 208290 208292 208293 208294)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) P. diggerensis (165725)