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Pseudocybele

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Pseudocybele was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Pseudocybele nasuta.

It was assigned to Cybelopsinae by Fortey (1979); to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. altinasuta, P. nasuta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudocybele Ross p. 137
1979Pseudocybele Fortey p. 106
2002Pseudocybele Jell and Adrain p. 433
2002Pseudocybele Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusPseudocybele

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pseudocybele Ross 1951
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Pseudocybele altinasuta Hintze 1953
Pseudocybele nasuta Ross 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:58:26
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:58:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 481.70000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Utah) P. nasuta (77844 77845)
Canadian - Arenigian486.85 - 468.0Canada (Québec) P. sp. (25282)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (294)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) P. nasuta (10902 10905 10917 10918 10921 10922 10924 10925)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (291)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0USA (Utah) P. sp. (64496 64502 64555 64558)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0USA (Nevada) P. sp. (64522)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) P. altinasuta (104548) P. nasuta (77184 104433) P. sp. (104351 104431)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) P. altinasuta (69261 104119 104121 104131 105780) P. nasuta (63810 63839 63840 63842 63843 63846 63928 63931 103831 103917 104133 104262 104263 104264) P. sp. (295)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (California) P. sp. (104349)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian475.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (104270)