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Zuninaspis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

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

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Zuninaspis Harrington and Leanza
2002Zuninaspis Jell and Adrain p. 464
2002Zuninaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusZuninaspisHarrington 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. †Zuninaspis Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Zuninaspis acuminata Harrington and Leanza 1957
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Arenig or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina Z. sp. (8777)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Salta) Z. acuminatus (116076)