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Colossaspis

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichakephalidae

Taxonomy
Colossaspis was named by Zhang (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lichakephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Colossaspis Zhang
2002Colossaspis Jell and Adrain p. 359
2002Colossaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichakephalidaeTripp 1957
genusColossaspisZhang 1983

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. †Colossaspis Zhang 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:39:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:39:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available