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Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) venta

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus venta was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26311-26315 (AMNH). Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is 26310 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aulacoparia.

It was recombined as Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) venta by Hintze and Jaanusson (1956) and Ross (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphellus venta Hintze p. 134 figs. Pl. 14, figs. 6a, b, c
1956Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) venta Hintze and Jaanusson p. 51
1970Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) venta Ross p. 76 figs. Piate 11, figures 22-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAulacoparia
subgenusAulacoparia
speciesventa()

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.

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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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:43:24
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:43:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) Aulacoparia venta (228299)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Nevada) Aulacoparia venta (291 104545)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) Asaphellus venta (104081 104089 104090 104091 104092 104100 104103) Aulacoparia venta (228284)