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Dartonaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Dartonaspis was named by Miller (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Dartonaspis Miller
2002Dartonaspis Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Dartonaspis 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
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusDartonaspisMiller 1936

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. †Dartonaspis Miller 1936
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:03:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) D. wichitaensis (9734 9735 9742) D. witchitaensis (9744)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) D. wichitaensis (54092)