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Piltonia

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Piltonia was named by Goldring (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Tour-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Hahn et al. (1996) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phillipsiidae by Brezinski (2017).

Species
P. (Piltonia), P. balor, P. carlakertisae, P. eurybathrea, P. fryi, P. kuehnei
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. amblyaxis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Piltonia Goldring pp. 27-48
1996Piltonia Hahn et al.
2002Piltonia Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Piltonia Sepkoski
2017Piltonia 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
genusPiltoniaGoldring 1955

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. †Piltonia Goldring 1955
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Subg. †Piltonia (Piltonia) Goldring 1955
†Piltonia balor Hahn et al. 1987
†Piltonia carlakertisae Brezinski 2000
†Piltonia eurybathrea Hessler 1963
†Piltonia fryi Goldring 1958
†Piltonia kuehnei Hahn 1964
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Asbian or 358.90000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8United Kingdom (England) P. fryi (229266 229267)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Belgium P. balor (42761) P. fryi (42846)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Belgium (Namur) P. balor (38851)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Ohio) Phillipsia eurybathrea (229350)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium (Hainaut) P. kuehnei (38853)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Cáceres) P. amblyaxis, P. kuehnei (37218)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Czech Republic P. krasensis (67220)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium P. kuehnei (37127)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) P. tennesseensis (37215)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) P. carlakertisae (64758)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) P. humilis (5965) P. paucita (5966)