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Braintreella rogersi

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia rogersi was named by Walcott (1884). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Braintreella.

It was recombined as Braintreella rogersi by Landing et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ptychoparia rogersi Walcott
2008Braintreella rogersi Landing et al. p. 898

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusBraintreellaWheeler 1942
speciesrogersi(Walcott 1884)

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.

Braintreella rogersi Walcott 1884
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: St Davids or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Massachusetts) Braintreella rogersi (49340)