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Peracheilus spinosus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Acheilus spinosus was named by Rasetti (1945).

It was recombined as Theodenisia spinosa by Rasetti (1963); it was recombined as Peracheilus spinosus by Ludvigsen (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Acheilus spinosus Rasetti p. 463 figs. pl. 60, fig. 2
1963Theodenisia spinosa Rasetti p. 1014 figs. pl. 129 f. 17-20
1986Peracheilus spinosus Ludvigsen p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusPeracheilus
speciesspinosus(Rasetti 1945)

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.

Peracheilus spinosus Rasetti 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Peracheilus spinosus (81269 81270)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Theodenisia spinosa (8933)