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Acanthoparyphinae ✝
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Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Acanthoparyphinae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 468 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cheiruridae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. B. Whittington and W.R., I.I. Evitt. 1953. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites. Geological Society of America Memoir 59:1-139 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acanthoparypha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 46 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Nieszkowskia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 45 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Pandaspinapyga ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1953 | Acanthoparyphinae Whittington and Evitt |
1961 | Acanthoparyphinae Nikolaisen |
1981 | Acanthoparyphinae Owen |
1998 | Acanthoparyphinae Adrain p. 701 |
1999 | Acanthoparyphinae Edgecombe et al. |
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!