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Calvipelta

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Calvipelta was named by Westrop (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 697]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Calvipelta Westrop
2002Calvipelta Jell and Adrain p. 354
2002Calvipelta 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCalvipeltaWestrop 1986

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. †Calvipelta Westrop 1986
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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 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) C. spinosa (54093 54094)