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Notopeltis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Notopeltis was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ogygiinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Isotelinae by Harrington et al. (1959); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Notopeltis Harrington and Leanza
1959Notopeltis Harrington et al. p. 349
2002Notopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 412
2002Notopeltis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyIsotelinaeAngelin 1854
genusNotopeltisHarrington and Leanza 1957

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. †Notopeltis Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Notopeltis orthometopa Harrington 1938
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Invalid names: Megalaspidella pumila Harrington 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 11:08:00
Modified: 2009-06-09 13:08:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Blackhillsian or 486.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) N. orthometopa (208326 208331 208332 208333 208335)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) N. orthometopa (115704 115705 115706 115818 115982 115983 115993 115997 115998 116027 116054 116055 116067 116068 116069 116070 116072 116073 116075 116079 116080 116082 116083 116084 116085 116087)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) N. orthometopa (9040 115656 115662 115663 115671 115672 115673 115674)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia N. sp. (8841)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina N. orthometopa (66189 159890) N. sp. (8898)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia (Ayopaya) N. sp. (8842)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia N. sp. (8844)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) N. orthometopa (104351)