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Remopleurides canadensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides canadensis was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 1760, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Remopleurides canadensis Billings p. 182 fig. 164
1925Remopleurides canadensis Raymond p. 57
2011Remopleurides canadensis Shaw and Bolton p. 419 figs. 6.17, 6.23–6.28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRemopleuridesPortlock 1843
speciescanadensis

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.

Remopleurides canadensis Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:18
Modified: 2009-06-11 09:23:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Remopleurides canadensis (172317 172321 172334)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Remopleurides canadensis (102998 103001 103002 103004 103005 103009 103010 103011 103280 103299 103301)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Remopleurides canadensis (103285 103286 103294 103298)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Remopleurides canadensis (111363 111441)
Chazyan - Caradoc470.0 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Remopleurides canadensis (25308 25309 25310)