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Pterygometopus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4633352https://www.gbif.org/species/4633352
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21743https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21743
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Pterygometopus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyPterygometopinaeReed 1905
genusPterygometopusSchmidt 1881
Scientific NamePterygometopus Schmidt, 1881
Name Published InMém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 30, no. 1
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pterygometopussubgenusbelongs to Dalmanitesstated without evidenceSchuchert, 1900
Pterygometopusgenusbelongs to Pterygometopinaestated with evidenceWarburg, 1925
Pterygometopusgenusbelongs to Phacopidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Pterygometopusgenusbelongs to Pterygometopidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Pterygometopidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phacopina)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Ecospace CommentsBODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pterygometopus bredensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Pterygometopus confluens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pterygometopus guadalupensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pterygometopus recurvus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Pterygometopus schmidti
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Pterygometopus sclerops
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
28472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Pterygometopus transsectus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1881Pterygometopus Schmidt
1900Dalmanites (Pterygometopus) Schuchert
1925Pterygometopus Warburg
1993Pterygometopus Jaanusson and Ramsköld
2002Pterygometopus Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Pterygometopus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Schuchert C. On the Lower Silurian (Trenton) fauna of Baffin Land. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22 1192, 143-178
Warburg E. (1925) The Trilobites of the Leptæna Limestone in Dalarne, Leptæna Limestone Trilobites, 1-446
Jaanusson V., Ramsköld L. (1993) Pterygometopine Trilobites from the Ordovician of Baltoscandia, Palaeontology 36 4, 743-769
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 30, no. 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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