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Planokaskia gibsoni

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Planokaskia gibsoni was named by Engel and Morris (1994). Its type specimen is AMF90314a/b, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NU L1039. Glen William Road, 3km north of Clarence Town, which is in a Visean marine sandstone in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Planokaskia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Planokaskia gibsoni Engel and Morris p. 88–90 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1–13, text-figs. 4A–C, 6D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusPlanokaskiaEngel and Morris 1994
speciesgibsoniEngel and Morris 1994

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.

Planokaskia gibsoni Engel and Morris 1994
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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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Planokaskia gibsoni (type locality: 218772)