Paladin (trilobite)

Paladin

Temporal range: Carboniferous – Permian, 353.8–259.0 Ma

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Artist's reconstruction of Paladin morrowensis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Clade:  | †Artiopoda
Class:  | †Trilobita
Order:  | †Proetida
Family:  | †Proetidae
Genus:  | †Paladin
Weller, 1936[1]

Paladin is a genus of trilobite which lived 354–259 Ma, during the Late Paleozoic era; more specifically, during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It was widespread: fossils have been discovered in what are now East Asia, Europe and North America.[2][3][4]

The genus was erected in 1936 by J. M. Weller.[1] The name derives from the paladins, the semi-legendary twelve foremost knights of Emperor Charlemagne (748–814).

Paladin was a fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder; that is, it scavenged at the bottom of shallow marine or brackish waters.

## Species

Approximately fifty species have been assigned to the genus;[5] the following are accepted:[2]

* P. eichwaldi shunnerensis (King, 1914). 326.4–318.1 Ma, Great Shunner Fell, England. Synonyms Griffithides shunnerensis, P. shunnerensis, Weberides shunnerensis.
* P. helmsensis (Whittington, 1954). 339.4–318.1 Ma, Texas.
* P. iwaizakiensis (Kobayashi and Hamada, 1984). 265.0–259.0 Ma, Japan.
* P. morrowensis (Mather, 1915). 318.1–314.6 Ma, Oklahoma. Synonym Griffithides morrowensis.
* P. mucronatus (Girty, 1910). 339.4–336.0 Ma, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Synonym Griffithides mucronatus.
* P. opisthops (Kobayashi and Hamada, 1979). 314.6-306.95 Ma, Thailand.
* P. veeravurusi (Kobayashi and Hamada, 1979). 314.6-306.95 Ma, Thailand.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weller, J. M. (1936). "Carboniferous trilobite genera". J. Paleontol. 10 (8): 704–714.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Paladin Weller 1936 (trilobite)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=21280.
3. ↑ "Paladin Weller, 1936". https://www.gbif.org/species/4637564.
4. ↑ "Paladin". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4637564.html.
5. ↑ Brezinski, David R. (2003). "Evolutionary and Biogeographical Implications of Phylogenetic Analysis of the Late Palaeozoic Trilobite Paladin". Special Papers in Palaeontology (Palaeontological Association) 70: 363–375. https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/special_papers_in_palaeontology/number_70/spp70_pp363-375.pdf.

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