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Parapalpebralia

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Parapalpebralia was named by Pillet (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. Its type is Parapalpebralia andegavensis.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cornuproetinae by Chlupac (1994) and Bault et al. (2021).

Species
P. andegavensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Parapalpebralia Pillet
1994Parapalpebralia Chlupac p. 503
2002Parapalpebralia Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Parapalebralia Sepkoski
2021Parapalpebralia Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusParapalpebraliaPillet 1973

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. †Parapalpebralia Pillet 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available