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Preodontochile springfieldensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Preodontochile springfieldensis was named by Sanford and Holloway (2008). Its type specimen is NMV P312070, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL1369, Springfield, which is in a Telychian marine sandstone in the Springfield Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Preodontochile springfieldensis Sanford and Holloway pp. 243 - 245 figs. 15, 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusPreodontochile(Degardin and Pillet 1984)
speciesspringfieldensis

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.

Preodontochile springfieldensis Sanford and Holloway 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Victoria) Preodontochile springfieldensis (type locality: 192918)