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Paladin

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Paladin was named by Weller (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 624].

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phillipsiidae by Brezinski (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Paladin Weller p. 707
2002Paladin Jell and Adrain
2002Paladin Sepkoski
2008Paladin Brezinski

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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
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusPaladin

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. †Paladin Weller 1936
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†Paladin bairdensis Wheeler 1937
†Paladin bakewellensis Osmólska 1970
†Paladin derbiensis Phillips 1836
†Paladin helmsensis Whittington 1954
†Paladin iwaizakiensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1984
†Paladin maillieuxi Demanet 1938
†Paladin morrowensis Mather 1915
†Paladin mucronatus Girty 1910
†Paladin opisthops Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
†Paladin veeravurusi Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
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 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Capitanian or 353.80000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (115 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Virgilian358.9 - 298.9USA (California) P. sp. (588)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Léon) P. wiprinsi (67110)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium (Namur) P. borvo (37243)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany P. rhenanus (37133) P. sp. (37132)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) P. wiprinsi (67109 67111)
Holkerian - Brigantian346.7 - 330.9Belgium P. dagda (42742)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium P. gronnos (42743)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (California) P. sp. (226242)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) P. mucronatus (67201 76130 76148 76149 76152)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Belgium (Namur) P. maillieuxi (42740)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) P. sp. (6744 6747 6749 6750 6751 6759 6761 6762 6763 6764 6766 6769 6773 6777 6780 6782 6789 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6798 6799 6800 6803 6804 6805 6807 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6835 6837 6839 6841 6844 6845 6846 6847)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) P. derbiensis, P. bakewellensis (229167)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. (2774)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.5 - 323.7USA (Wyoming) P. moorei (5741)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) P. mucronatus (76131 76144 76146 76153)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) P. mucronatus (76140)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) P. sp. (578)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Nevada) P. sp. (77065)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) P. wilsoni (3296)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Texas) P. helmsensis (67678 67679 67680 67681)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) P. moorei (5697 5698)
Chesterian - Virgilian335.5 - 298.9USA (California) P. sp. (589)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (California) P. bairdensis (143606 143607 143608 143609 143610 143613 143615 143621 143625)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (California) P. sp. (587)
Namurian330.9 - 318.7Belgium P. serotinus (42741)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7France P. sp. (580)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Wyoming) P. moorei (69459)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) P. shunnerensis (67683)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Colorado) P. sp. (42822)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Alabama) P. sp. (2854)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. morrowensis (67682)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arizona) P. sp. (42667 42668 42672 42697 42709 42710 42711)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (5674 5724)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (California) P. bairdensis (143614)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (12780)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (5725)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Arizona) P. sp. (42661 42786)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand P. opisthops (133252 133253) P. veeravurusi (133254)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (California) Proetus bairdensis (207052)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine P. lutugini (166829)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51China (Hunan) P. sp. (109772)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan P. iwaizakiensis (110420 110424)