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Edelsteinaspididae

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Edelsteinaspididae Hupé
1997Edelsteinaspididae Whittington et al. p. 298
2005Edelsteinaspididae Hollingsworth p. 137
2011Edelsteinaspididae Adrain p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyEdelsteinaspididaeHupé 1953
familyEdelsteinaspididaeHupé 1953

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. †Edelsteinaspididae Hupé 1953
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G. †Alacephalus Repina 1960
G. †Edelsteinaspis Lermontova 1940
G. †Gelasene Palmer 1968
G. †Labradoria Resser 1936
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Labradoria miser Billings 1861
Invalid names: Sinolenus Kobayashi 1944 [synonym]
G. †Laticephalus Pokrovskaya 1959
G. †Litaspis Suvorova 1960
G. †Nehanniaspis Fritz 1972
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Nehanniaspis prima Fritz 1972
G. †Nodiceps Suvorova 1959
G. †Paleofossus Pokrovskaya 1959
G. †Polliaxis Palmer 1968
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Polliaxis hanseni Hollingsworth 2005
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:24:13
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:24:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Dyeran or 520.00000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Edelsteinaspididae indet. (182203)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Gelasene sp. (156159) Nehanniaspis prima (156157) Paleofossus sp. (156145)
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0Canada (British Columbia) Labradoria sp. (10864)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Alacephalus sp. (57019)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Alacephalus contortus (81328)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Zhejiang) Sinolenus hotangensis, Sinolenus brevis (125529 129764)
Atdabanian - Toyonian521.0 - 510.2China (Gansu) Edelsteinaspis sp. (181359)
Atdabanian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Gansu) Edelsteinaspis pana (181363) Edelsteinaspis sp. (181358) Edelsteinaspis sp. 1 (181361)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Canada (Yukon) Labradoria hespera (225105 225106)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Labradoria sp., Laticephalus astrictus, Laticephalus firmus (57020) Labradoria sp., Laticephalus firmus, Laticephalus verrucosus, Alacephalus sp. (57021) Laticephalus verrucosus, Laticephalus lobatus, Laticephalus sp., Laticephalus intensus (57022)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Paleofossus zaicevi (81317)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Paleofossus sp. (233877) Paleofossus sp. indet. (225165)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Laticephalus trapezoidalis (81469)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) Edelsteinaspis sp. (90438) Laticephalus astrictus (174246 232979)
Botomian - Toyonian516.0 - 510.2USA (Alaska) Polliaxis inflata, Gelasene acanthinos (225080) Polliaxis sp. (225081)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Edelsteinaspis ornata (57023 57024 57028)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Polliaxis hanseni (204959)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Labrador) Labradoria misera (195914)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Edelsteinaspis ornata (81436 81441)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation Edelsteinaspis ornata (225260)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Edelsteinaspis ornata (81331) Edelsteinaspis sp. (81319)