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Perspicaris

Hymenocarina - Perspicarididae

Taxonomy
Perspicaris was named by Briggs (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm uMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 349,781]. It is the type genus of Perspicarididae.

It was assigned to Canadaspidida by Bengtson (1992) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Perspicarididae by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2020).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Perspicaris Briggs
1992Perspicaris Bengtson p. 1022
2002Perspicaris Sepkoski
2020Perspicaris Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 522

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
orderHymenocarinaClarke 1900
familyPerspicarididaeBriggs 1978
genusPerspicarisBriggs 1977

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. †Perspicaris Briggs 1977
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Perspicaris dilatus Robison and Richards 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: detritivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Comments: Data from Briggs & Whittington (1985).g
Created: 2009-04-21 09:36:15
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:47:09
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Marjumian or 515.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Guizhou) P. sp. (128423)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10560)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) P. dictynna (84421 84422 84424 84425 84428) P. dictynna, P. recondita (84426) P. recondita (84414 84415 84418 84419 84429 84432 84433 84435 84437) P. recondita, P. dictynna (84423 84427)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) P. sp. (9215)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (171308)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (215)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) P. dilatus (228653 228655 230682) P. ellipsopelta (77207 230679)