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Prantlia grindrodi

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Prantlia grindrodi was named by Owens (1973) [= 1878 Proetus grindrodi Edgell MS; Huxley, Newton & Etheridge, p. 84 [nom. nud.].]. Its type specimen is GSM 3303 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malvern Tunnel, which is in a Sheinwoodian/Homerian marine shale in the Coalbrookdale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Prantlia grindrodi Owens pp. 75 - 76 figs. Pl. 15, figs. 3-5

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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
speciesgrindrodi

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 grindrodi Owens 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Owens 1973Lateral occipital lobes poorly developed; thorax of 10 segments; pygidium without border, axis with 7 rings, pleural areas with 5 pairs of ribs, interpleural furrows deepening abaxially; cephalic and pygidial doublures very broad.
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5United Kingdom (England) Prantlia grindrodi (192893 229318)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Prantlia grindrodi (type locality: 207977)