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Curiaspis

Trilobita

Taxonomy
Curiaspis was named by Sdzuy (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Curiaspis Sdzuy
2002Curiaspis Jell and Adrain p. 482
2002Curiaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusCuriaspisSdzuy 1955

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. †Curiaspis Sdzuy 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-28 10:50:38
Modified: 2010-01-28 12:50:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic C. notabilis (3837)