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Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) billingsi

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Taxonomy
Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) billingsi was named by Ludvigsen et al. (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 69878, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) billingsi Ludvigsen et al. p. 20 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyParabolinoididaeLochman 1956
genusOrygmaspisResser 1937
subgenusParabolinoides(Frederickson 1949)
speciesbillingsi

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.

Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) billingsi Ludvigsen et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 08:04:56
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:04:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Orygmaspis billingsi (81273 81288)