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Pseudarmadillo
| Description | Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudarmadillo, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Delatorreiidae : Pseudarmadillo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Pseudarmadillidae : Pseudarmadillo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pseudarmadillo Saussure, 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 13.8 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Schmalfuss. 1984. Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 102:1-14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudarmadillo |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pseudarmadillo agramontino species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo assoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo auritus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo bidentatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo buscki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo carinulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo cristatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Pseudarmadillo elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo gillianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo holguinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo hoplites species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo inornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo jaumei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo maiteae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo mitratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo nanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo spinosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudarmadillo tuberculatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Pseudarmadillo vansicklei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Delatorreia Boone, 1934 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Delatorreiidae : Delatorreia |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1857 | Pseudarmadillo Saussure |
| 1984 | Pseudarmadillo Schmalfuss p. 2 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
