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Prantlia vagrans

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Prantlia vagrans was named by Ludvigsen and Tripp (1990). Its type specimen is ROM 45363, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Prantlia vagrans Ludvigsen and Tripp pp. 17 - 18 figs. PI. 7, figs. 1-15

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyWarburgellinaeOwens 1973
genusPrantliaPribyl 1946
speciesvagrans

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.

Prantlia vagrans Ludvigsen and Tripp 1990
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.60000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Yukon) Prantlia vagrans (23078)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Prantlia vagrans (25495)