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Pedinocephalites minimus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Pedinocephalites minimus was named by Rozova (1964). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kulyumbe River, unit 15, which is in a Tavgian carbonate limestone in the Kulyumbe Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Pedinocephalites minimus Rozova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPedinocephalites
speciesminimus

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.

Pedinocephalites minimus Rozova 1964
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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: Sakian or 497.00000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Pedinocephalites minimus (118253 118254 118255 118260)
Tavgian497.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Pedinocephalites minimus (131067 type locality: 131068 131418)