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Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) wimani

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Symphysurus wimani was named by Troedsson (1937). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Troedssonia wimani by Peng (1983); it was recombined as Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) wimani by Peng (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Symphysurus wimani Troedsson
1983Troedssonia wimani Peng
1992Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) wimani Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPlatypeltoidesPribyl 1949
subgenusTroedssonia(Poletaeva 1960)
specieswimani(Troedsson 1937)

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.

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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Niuchehean or 491.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Platypeltoides wimani (203914 203915 203916)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Platypeltoides wimani (205624)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Platypeltoides wimani (126682 126683) Troedssonia wimani (107332 107335 126730 126731)