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Ptychaspis ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Ptychaspididae : Ptychaspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ptychaspis Hall, 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Ann. Rep. N. York Cab., 16, App. D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Asaphida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Ptychaspididae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Asaphida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ptychaspis acamus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis affinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis arctatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis asiatica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis baubo species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis bella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis bullasa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis cacus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis cadmus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis calchas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis callisto species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis calyce species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis campe species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis ceto species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis granulosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Ptychaspis miniscaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 499 Ma Cambrian | |
Ptychaspis minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis pustulosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ptychaspis speciosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis sphaerica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ptychaspis subglobosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 499 Ma Cambrian | |
Ptychaspis tuberosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1863 | Ptychaspis Hall |
2002 | Ptychaspis Jell and Adrain p. 436 |
2002 | Ptychaspis Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!