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Drumaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Drumaspis was named by Resser (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,488]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Drumaspis Resser p. 28
2002Drumaspis Jell and Adrain p. 368
2002Drumaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusDrumaspisResser 1942

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. †Drumaspis Resser 1942
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Drumaspis sabulosa Grant 1962
Drumaspis tanycodia Grant 1962
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) D. sabulosa (62099 62101) D. tanycodia (62118)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) D. briscoensis (247)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) D. sp. (55304)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) D. idahoensis (54090 54091 64687 81299) D. sp. (81304)