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Walcottaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Walcottaspis was named by Ulrich and Resser (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Walcottaspis Ulrich and Resser
2002Walcottaspis Jell and Adrain p. 458
2002Walcottaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusWalcottaspisUlrich and Resser 1930

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. †Walcottaspis Ulrich and Resser 1930
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Walcottaspis vanhornei Walcott 1914
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Minnesota) W. vanhornei (233636)