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Paladin helmsensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Paladin helmsensis was named by Whittington (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 116513, an exoskeleton, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Paladin helmsensis Whittington pp. 7 - 8 figs. pl. 2-3; txt. f. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusPaladin
specieshelmsensis

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.

Paladin helmsensis Whittington 1954
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Chesterian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Texas) Paladin helmsensis (67678 67679 67680 67681)