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Eoleonaspis

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Eoleonaspis was named by Sheng (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690]. It is not extant. Its type is Acidaspis shanensis.

It was assigned to Odontopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleurinae by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991) and Mergl (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Eoleonaspis Sheng
1991Eoleonaspis Ramsköld and Chatterton p. 356
2002Eoleonaspis Jell and Adrain p. 373
2002Eoleonaspis Sepkoski
2014Eoleonaspis Mergl p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusEoleonaspisSheng 1974

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. †Eoleonaspis Sheng 1974
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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 length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kralodvorian to the top of the Aeronian or 449.80000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) E. sp. (151986)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4New Zealand E. sp. (63097)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Hunan) E. sp. (195042)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) E. erinaceus (50287)