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Menneraspididae

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Menneraspididae

Taxonomy
Menneraspidae was named by Pokrovskaya (1959). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Menneraspididae by Spizharskiy et al. (1984), Jell and Adrain (2002), Adrain (2011).

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Spizharskiy et al. (1984), Whittington et al. (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Redlichioidea by Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Menneraspidae Pokrovskaya p. 84
1984Menneraspididae Spizharskiy et al.
1997Menneraspidae Whittington et al. p. 464
2002Menneraspididae Jell and Adrain
2011Menneraspididae Adrain p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyMenneraspididae(Pokrovskaya 1959)
familyMenneraspididae(Pokrovskaya 1959)

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.

Fm. †Menneraspididae Pokrovskaya 1959
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G. †Menneraspis Pokrovskaya 1959
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 05:39:36
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:39:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Toyonian or 512.10000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Russian Federation (Tuva) Menneraspis striata (81474)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Kazakhstan Menneraspis delicata, Menneraspis striata (225077)