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Ibexaspis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ibexaspis was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: O l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. It is not extant. Its type is Protopliomerops quattuor brevis.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pliomeridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ibexaspis Pribyl and Vanek
2002Ibexaspis Jell and Adrain pp. 387, 476
2002Ibexaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusIbexaspisPribyl and Vanek 1985

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. †Ibexaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1985
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Ibexaspis brevis Young 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) I. sp. 1 (228309)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Protopliomerops brevis (69261) Protopliomerops sp. 4 (104126)