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Macronoda

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Macronoda was named by Lochmann (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Promesus Lochman
1964Macronoda Lochmann
2002Macronoda Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Macronoda Sepkoski
2002Promesus 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
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusMacronodaLochmann 1964

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. †Macronoda Lochmann 1964
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Macronoda punctata Loch et al. 1993
Invalid names: Promesus Lochman 1964 [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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:08:03
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:08:03
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Montana) M. sp., Promesus sp. (258)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) M. prima (54096 81298)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) M. prima (219653 219654)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Nevada) Macronoda indet. (50831)