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Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus quadrata was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26305-26307 (AMNH). Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is 26308 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina).

It was recombined as Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata by Hintze and Jaanusson (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphellus quadrata Hintze p. 133 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 3a , b, c
1956Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) quadrata Hintze and Jaanusson p. 54

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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
genusAulacoparia
subgenusAulacoparina
speciesquadrata()

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: base of the Tulean to the top of the Stairsian or 480.80000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) Asaphellus quadrata (104111)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) Asaphellus quadrata (104070 104071 104072 104079 104085 104086 104087 104088 104113 105773)