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Stephenaspis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Stephenaspis was named by Rasetti (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zacanthoididae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sundberg and McCollum (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Stephenaspis Rasetti
2002Stephenaspis Jell and Adrain p. 448
2002Stephenaspis Sepkoski
2003Stephenaspis Sundberg and McCollum p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusStephenaspisRasetti 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. †Stephenaspis Rasetti 1951
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Stephenaspis avitus Palmer 1964
Stephenaspis highlandensis Sundberg and McCollum 2003
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: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) S. avitus (96417)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) S. bispinosa (225262) S. sp. (197)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Nevada) S. highlandensis (50098 50100 50101 50110 50115 50326 50333)