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Bolaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Bolaspididae

Taxonomy
Bolaspis was named by Resser (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. Its type is Alokistocare labrosum.

It was assigned to Bolaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Bolaspis Resser p. 18
2002Bolaspis Jell and Adrain p. 350
2002Bolaspis 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyBolaspididaeHowell and Moore 1959
genusBolaspis

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. †Bolaspis Resser 1935
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Bolaspis errata Resser 1935
Bolaspis haynesi Walcott 1916
Bolaspis labrosa Walcott 1916
Bolaspis neihartensis Resser 1935
Bolaspis raymondi Resser 1935
Bolaspis ticida Walcott 1916
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: 2010-01-07 00:11:17
Modified: 2010-01-07 02:11:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Montana) B. sp. (7202)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho/ Utah) B. sp. (218)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) B. aemula (158684 158688)