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Prehousia diverta

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Prehousia diverta was named by Palmer (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 141685, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Prehousia diverta Palmer p. 67 figs. Pl. 12, fig. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyHousiinaeHupé 1953
genusPrehousia
speciesdiverta

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.

Prehousia diverta Palmer 1965
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada and Utah) Prehousia diverta (74910)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) Prehousia diverta (156433)