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Stephenaspis avitus

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Stephenaspis avitus was named by Palmer (1964) [Questionably assigned to this genus]. Its type specimen is USNM 144296, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3748-CO, northeast of Gold Point, which is in a Dyeran carbonate sandstone/limestone in the Harkless Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Stephenaspis avitus Palmer p. F8 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusStephenaspisRasetti 1951
speciesavitus

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.

Stephenaspis avitus Palmer 1964
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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 width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:40:14
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Stephenaspis avitus (type locality: 96417)