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Pteroparia coumiacensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Pteroparia coumiacensis was named by Feist and Clarkson (1989). Its type specimen is FSL 350 243, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coumiac quarry, 2 km north of Cessenon, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Coumiac Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pteroparia coumiacensis Feist and Clarkson p. 373 figs. pl .3 f. 10-19; text f. 3

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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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyPteropariinae
genusPteroparia
speciescoumiacensis

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.

Pteroparia coumiacensis Feist and Clarkson 1989
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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: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 03:02:22
Modified: 2010-06-25 05:43:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Montagne Noire) Pteroparia coumiacensis (223502)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) Pteroparia coumiacensis (type locality: 223501)