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Paedeumias transitans

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae

Taxonomy
Paedeumias transitans was named by Walcott (1910) [Walcott 1910 pl. 32, figs. 10, 12, 13, pl. 34, figs. 2–7 and possibly pl. 32, figs. 1–9, 11, pl. 33, figs. 2–5.= Olenellus roddyi (Lieberman 1999). = Olenellus brachycephalus (Emmons); Shaw 1955:791, pl. 75, figs. 1–3. = Olenellus thompsoni (Hall); Whitfield 1884:151, pl. 15, figs. 1–4.]. Its type specimen is USNM 56808b and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Paedeumias.

It was recombined as Olenellus (Paedeumias) transitans by Palmer and Repina (1993) and Lieberman (1998); it was recombined as Olenellus transitans by Lieberman (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Paedeumias transitans Walcott p. 305 figs. pl. 34, fig. 1; not pl. 32, figs. 10, 12, 13, pl. 34, figs. 2–7
1938Paedeumias perkinsi Resser and Howell p. 226 figs. pl. 8, fig. 1
1938Paedeumias transitans Resser and Howell p. 226
1993Olenellus (Paedeumias) transitans Palmer and Repina p. 22 fig. 3.3
1998Olenellus (Paedeumias) transitans Lieberman p. 70 figs. Figures 3.2, 3.3
1999Olenellus transitans Lieberman p. 15
2002Paedeumias transitans Jell and Adrain p. 416

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyOlenellidae
subfamilyOlenellinae
genusPaedeumiasHall 1861
speciestransitans

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.

Paedeumias transitans Walcott 1910
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Invalid names: Olenellus perkinsi Resser and Howell 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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