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Protostygina

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Protostygina was named by Prantl and Pribyl (1949) [Subgenus]. Its type is Illaenus bohemicus.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Protostygina Prantl and Pribyl
2002Protostygina Jell and Adrain p. 432
2002Protostygina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusProtostyginaPrantl 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. †Protostygina Prantl and Pribyl 1949
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Protostygina bohemicus Barrande 1872
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Sarka or 474.80000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) P. sp. (106473)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian470.0 - 467.3Ireland P. coronula (153922)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic P. sp. (3857)