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Paradamesella peculiaris

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy

Paradamesella peculiaris was named by Zhou (1977) [Zhou in Zhou et al. 1977]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. depressa, P. trapezoidalis

Synonyms

Paradamesella decemospinosa was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradamesella peculiaris by Peng et al. (2004).
Paradamesella subquadrata was named by Peng (1987).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradamesella peculiaris by Peng et al. (2004).
Paradamesella novemospinosa was named by Yang (1977) [Yang in Zhou et al. 1977].

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradamesella peculiaris by Peng et al. (2004).
Paradamesella septemispinosa was named by Yang (1977) [Yang in Zhou et al. 1977].

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradamesella peculiaris by Peng et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Paradamesella decemospinosa Yang
1977	Paradamesella novemospinosa Yang p. 198 figs. pl. 58, fig. 16
1977	Paradamesella septemispinosa Yang p. 198 figs. pl. 58 fig. 14
1977	Paradamesella peculiaris Zhou p. 197 figs. pl. 58, fig. 15
1987	Paradamesella subquadrata Peng p. 104 figs. pl. 10, fig. 11
2004	Paradamesella peculiaris Peng et al. pp. 142 - 145 figs. Plate 43, figure 8; Plate 44, figures 1-14; Text-figure 23A-G

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
superfamily	Dameselloidea	Kobayashi 1935
family	Damesellidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Paradamesella	Yang 1977
species	peculiaris	Zhou 1977

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.

†Paradamesella peculiaris Zhou 1977

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Invalid names: Paradamesella decemospinosa Yang 1977 [synonym], Paradamesella novemospinosa Yang 1977 [synonym], Paradamesella septemispinosa Yang 1977 [synonym], Paradamesella subquadrata Peng 1987 [synonym]

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:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-12-15 22:38:19

Modified:

2009-12-16 00:38:19

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Hunan)	Paradamesella decemospinosa (130012) Paradamesella peculiaris (49172 49176 49177 49181 49182 49184 126287 126304 126305 126306 126311 126312 126313 126316 126317) Paradamesella subquadrata (128930 128933)