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Pseudokainella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4635254	https://www.gbif.org/species/4635254
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20152	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20152

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Pseudokainella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Remopleurididae	Hawle and Corda 1847
genus	Pseudokainella	Harrington 1938

Scientific Name

Pseudokainella Harrington, 1938

Name Published In

Rev. Mus. La Plata, (N. S. Paleont.) 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudokainella	genus	belongs to Richardsonellinae	stated without evidence	Harrington and Leanza, 1957
Pseudokainella	genus	belongs to Asaphida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudokainella	genus	belongs to Remopleurididae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

499 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

485 - 477 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Remopleurididae)

Vision

well-developed (based on Remopleurididae)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudokainella armatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pseudokainella keideli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pseudokainella lata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pseudokainella pustulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1938	Pseudokainella Harrington
1957	Pseudokainella Harrington and Leanza
1982	Fatocephalus Duan and An
2002	Pseudokainella Jell and Adrain p. 434
2002	Fatocephalus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pseudokainella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Harrington H. J., Leanza A. F. (1957) Ordovician trilobites of Argentina, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1, 1-276

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rev. Mus. La Plata, (N. S. Paleont.) 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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