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Pseudatops

Trilobita - Atopidae

Taxonomy
Pseudatops was named by Lake (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81,885]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Atopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pseudatops Lake
2002Pseudatops Jell and Adrain p. 433
2002Pseudatops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAtopidaeHupé 1953
genusPseudatopsLake 1940

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. †Pseudatops Lake 1940
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Pseudatops viola Woodward 1888
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: blindf
Created: 2010-01-08 05:41:22
Modified: 2010-01-08 07:41:22
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available