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Parkaspis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Parkaspis was named by Rasetti (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81,1089]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zacanthoididae by Sundberg (1994), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Parkaspis Rasetti
1994Parkaspis Sundberg p. 43
2002Parkaspis Jell and Adrain p. 422
2002Parkaspis Sepkoski

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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
genusParkaspisRasetti 1951

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.

G. †Parkaspis Rasetti 1951
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Parkaspis drumensis Sundberg 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Zacanthoididae with cranidia with expanding glabella, preglabellar field absent, anterior border present, long, narrow, mod- erately curved palpebral lobes terminating opposite preoccipital lobe, facial sutures widely divergent anterior of palpebral lobes. Thoracic axial lobe not as wide (trans.) as pleural lobes exclusive of spines. Small,transverselyelongatepygidiumwithaxiallobe 40% or greater of pygidial width, pleural furrows moderate depth, border furrow indistinct, 4-6 pairs of posteriorly directed, rounded spines on posterior margin.
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) P. drumensis (134248 134249 134251 134252 134253 134254 134255)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) P. drumensis (10565 134068 134069 134070 134111 134112 134113 134114 134115 134116 134117)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. caboti (10814 10815 10816 10817 10819 10824 10826 10827 10828 10834 10840 10846)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) P. decamera (215 122094)