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Stegnopsis huttoni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus huttoni was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is GSC 657, a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Megalaspis huttoni by Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Stegnopsis huttoni by Whittington (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Asaphus huttoni Billings p. 271 fig. 256
1925Megalaspis huttoni Raymond p. 80 figs. Plate 6, fig. 11
1965Stegnopsis huttoni Whittington p. 346

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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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusStegnopsis
specieshuttoni(Billings 1865)

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.

Stegnopsis huttoni 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: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Lachnostoma huttoni (104805 104807) Stegnopsis huttoni (104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Lachnostoma huttoni (104809 104810 104813 104817 104856 104857 104864) Stegnopsis huttoni (104862 104868)