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Ibexaspis brevis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Protopliomerops quattuor brevis was named by Young (1973) [Paratypes: BYU 2086-7.]. Its type specimen is BYU 2085, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Ibexaspis.

It was recombined as Ibexaspis brevis by Pribyl et al. (1985); it was recombined as Protopliomerops brevis by Wagner (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Protopliomerops quattuor brevis Young p. 106 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 1, 5, 6
1985Ibexaspis brevis Pribyl et al.
2020Protopliomerops brevis Wagner

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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
speciesbrevis()

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.

Ibexaspis brevis Young 1973
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackhillsian or 474.90000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


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