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Simulopaladin simulator

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Paladin simulator was named by Haas et al. (1980). Its type specimen is GPIBo/HaHa 59, an exoskeleton (complete trilobite), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kohe Nazuk, Behsud, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Afghanistan.

It was recombined as Ditomopyge simulator by Owens (2003); it was recombined as Simulopaladin simulator by Fortey and Heward (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Paladin simulator Haas et al. p. 116 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; text-fig 31
2003Ditomopyge simulator Owens p. 381
2015Simulopaladin simulator Fortey and Heward p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusSimulopaladin
speciessimulator()

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.

Simulopaladin simulator Haas et al. 1980
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Afghanistan Paladin simulator (type locality: 109627)