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Thaleops longispina

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Thaleops longispina was named by Shaw (1968) [Includes specimens identified as Thaleops ovata Conrad, and Thaleops arctura (Hall) by Raymond (1902), Raymond (1905), Raymond and Narraway (1908), and Raymond (1910), but NOT type specimens of these species.]. Its type specimen is Cornell Univ Mus no. 34045, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is (CP) Crown Point, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Crown Point Formation of New York.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Thaleops longispina Shaw p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusThaleopsConrad 1843
specieslongispina

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.

Thaleops longispina Shaw 1968
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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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:00:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 20:00:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Thaleops longispina (103286)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Thaleops longispina (type locality: 102995 103301)