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Petigurus groenlandicus

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Petigurus groenlandicus was named by Poulsen (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Andrée Land, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Cape Weber Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Petigurus groenlandicus Poulsen p. 49 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurinaeWalcott 1886
genusPetigurusRaymond 1913
speciesgroenlandicus

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.

Petigurus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Tulean or 478.60000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus groenlandicus (195756 195785)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Petigurus groenlandicus (133147)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Greenland Petigurus groenlandicus (122083)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Norway (Spitsbergen) Petigurus groenlandicus (189836 189837)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Petigurus groenlandicus (196503)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Petigurus groenlandicus (196380)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Petigurus groenlandicus (122080 122081 122082 type locality: 122088)