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Paladin ✝
| Description | In the medieval chanson de geste cycle of the Matter of France, the paladinsor Twelve Peers are the twelve foremost knights of Charlemagne's court, comparable to the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian romance. They represent the valour of Christian chivalry against the Saracen invasion of Europe.Their most notable appearance is in The Song of Roland, narrating the heroic death of Rolandat the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Paladin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Paladin Weller, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J. Paleont., 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Proetidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Proetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Griffithides shunnerensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin arduennensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin franconicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin helmsensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Paladin iwaizakiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Paladin mladeki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin morrowensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Paladin mucronatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Paladin opisthops ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Paladin osagensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin pitzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin ploto species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin pyriformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin retrolatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin rosei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paladin veeravurusi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Paladin eichwaldi shunnerensis ✝ subspecies | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1936 | Paladin Weller p. 707 |
| 2002 | Paladin Jell and Adrain |
| 2002 | Paladin 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!
