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Bellaspidella

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Bellaspidella was named by Rasetti (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Bellaspidella Rasetti
2002Bellaspidella Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002Bellaspidella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusBellaspidellaRasetti 1945

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. †Bellaspidella Rasetti 1945
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Bellaspidella logani Ludvigsen et al. 1989
Bellaspidella parallela Ludvigsen et al. 1989
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sunwaptan to the top of the Tremadocian or 493.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (55302)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. logani (81269) B. parallela (81270) B. resseri (81284) B. sulcata, B. parallela (81277)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. logani (81289) B. parallela (81290)