Paladin (trilobite)

Paladin; Temporal range: Carboniferous – Permian, 353.8–259.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Proetida
Family:	†Proetidae
Genus:	†Paladin; , 1936

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 .^[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 (, 1954). 339.4-318.1 Ma, Texas.
P. iwaizakiensis ( and , 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[]

^ ^a ^b Weller, J. M. (1936). "Carboniferous trilobite genera". J. Paleontol. 10 (8): 704–714.
^ ^a ^b "Paladin Weller 1936 (trilobite)". Fossilworks.
^ "Paladin Weller, 1936". GBIF.
^ "Paladin". Mindat.org.
^ Brezinski, David R. (2003). "Evolutionary and Biogeographical Implications of Phylogenetic Analysis of the Late Palaeozoic Trilobite Paladin" (PDF). Special Papers in Palaeontology. Palaeontological Association (70): 363–375.

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[Weller-1] Weller, J. M. (1936). "Carboniferous trilobite genera". J. Paleontol. 10 (8): 704–714.

[fossilworks-2] "Paladin Weller 1936 (trilobite)". Fossilworks.

[3] "Paladin Weller, 1936". GBIF.

[4] "Paladin". Mindat.org.

[5] Brezinski, David R. (2003). "Evolutionary and Biogeographical Implications of Phylogenetic Analysis of the Late Palaeozoic Trilobite Paladin" (PDF). Special Papers in Palaeontology. Palaeontological Association (70): 363–375.

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