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Billingsaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Billingsaspis was named by Resser (1935). Its type is Conocephalites vulcanus.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
B. vulcanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Billingsaspis Resser p. 16
2002Billingsaspis Jell and Adrain p. 349

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusBillingsaspis

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. †Billingsaspis Resser 1935
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†Billingsaspis vulcanus Billings 1861
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Vermont) B. adamsii (194 94505)