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Palpebralina

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Palpebralina Feist and McNamara pp. 237 - 238

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDrevermanniinaeMaximova 1960
genusPalpebralina

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. †Palpebralina Feist and McNamara 2013
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Palpebralina minor Feist and McNamara 2013
Palpebralina ocellifer Feist and McNamara 2013
Palpebralina pseudopalpebralis Feist and McNamara 2013
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Palpebralina pseudopalpebralis ultima Feist and McNamara 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013 Glabella wide (tr.), subtrapezoidal, very slightly constricted behind anterior third; occipital ring as wide (tr.) as base of preoccipital glabella; fixigenae of moderate width (tr.); palpebral lobe entire (with c and e well defined), short (exs.), shifted forward (anteriorly from mid-L1); posterior sutures close to axial furrow, out- wardly curved behind palpebral lobe; eye small, hardly protruding beyond palpebral lobe, subocular areas pres- ent. Pygidium long, maximum width across fourth axial ring, posterolateral border of narrow parabolic outline; axis slender, with nine rings, remaining distant from bor- der, no border furrow, posterolateral edges provided with narrow submarginal band.
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.50000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) P. minor (223206) P. ocellifer (216427) P. pseudopalpebralis (216426 223168 223207)