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Ptychoparia ✝

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Description

Ptychoparia is a genus of ptychopariid trilobites, and is the type genus of the family Ptychopariidae, and the order Ptychopariida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychoparia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7602469	https://www.gbif.org/species/7602469
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20903	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20903

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Ptychoparia

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
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Ptychopariidae	Matthew 1887
subfamily	Ptychopariinae	Matthew 1887
genus	Ptychoparia	Hawle & Corda 1847

Scientific Name

Ptychoparia Hawle & Corda, 1847

Name Published In

Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ptychoparia	subgenus	belongs to Conocoryphe	stated without evidence	Meek, 1873
Ptychoparia	genus	belongs to Ptychopariinae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1952
Ptychoparia	genus	belongs to Ptychopariida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ptychoparia	genus	belongs to Ptychopariidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

520 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Ptychopariidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

minor spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychoparia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ptychoparia adina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia admissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia anderseni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Ptychoparia annectans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia annio ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Ptychoparia attleborensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Ptychoparia breviceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia bromus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia burnetensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia candace ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia candace ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia carina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cercops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia charax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cilles species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia clavata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cleadas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cleon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia clusia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia comus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia connata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia consocialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia constricta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia convexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cossus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia cuneas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia dardapurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia diademata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia dissimilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia dryope species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia dubinka ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia eriopa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia fitchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia gogensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia grabaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia haguei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia hispida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia housensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia kochibei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia laeviceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia ligea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia lilia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia llanoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia lux species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia maia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia metisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia metra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia mucronatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia nereis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia occidens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia palliseri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia panope species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia penfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia permulta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia perola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia pervulgata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia pia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia prospectensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia pylas ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia skapta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia spitiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia striata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Ptychoparia striatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia suada ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia subrugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia tellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia thea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia thraso species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia tolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia toxeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia trogus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia tuberosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychoparia tutia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia undata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia urania species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia urceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia vacuna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoparia vesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ptichaparia Lermontova, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : *Ptichaparia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Ptychoparia Corda
1873	Conocoryphe (Ptychoparia) Meek
1952	Ptychoparia Henningsmoen
2002	Ptychoparia Jell and Adrain p. 478
2002	Ptychoparia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Meek F. B. United States geological and geographical survey of territories, Pal. Rept. for 1872, 429-518

Henningsmoen G. (1952) Early middle Cambrian fauna from Rogaland, SW Norway (Paradoxides oelandicus stage = lc α) , Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 30, 13-30

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

Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob. - 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

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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