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Parabathycheilus vagans

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Bathycheilidae

Taxonomy
Parabathycheilus vagans was named by Mergl (1984). Its type specimen is MM 102, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bathycheilus vagans by Vanek and Valicek (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Parabathycheilus vagans Mergl
2001Bathycheilus vagans Vanek and Valicek
2006Parabathycheilus vagans Mergl p. 33

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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
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyBathycheilidaePribyl 1953
genusParabathycheilusHolub 1908
speciesvagansMergl 1984

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.

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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:26:06
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:26:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia Parabathycheilus vagans (223845)