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Rasettia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenuridae

Taxonomy
Rasettia was named by Lochman (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697].

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Platycolpus Raymond
1953Rasettia Lochman
2002Rasettia Jell and Adrain p. 438
2002Rasettia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
familyIllaenuridaeVodges 1890
genusRasettia

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. †Rasettia Lochman 1953
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†Rasettia capax Billings 1860
†Rasettia crucensis Rusconi 1953
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Invalid names: Platycolpus excavatus Rusconi 1953 [synonym]
†Rasettia magna Bell and Ellinwood 1962
†Rasettia wichitaensis Resser 1942
Invalid names: Platycolpus Raymond 1913 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 09:29:43
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:29:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Cressagian or 490.20000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) R. capax (221090)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) R. sp. (229380)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Argentina R. crucensis (235994)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) R. capax (81284 81285) R. laevis (81287) R. marcoui (81277)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) R. magna (54093) R. sp. (81300 81303 81305) R. wichitaensis (54096 81298 81301)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) R. magna (182591) R. wichitaensis (240414 240417 240419 240448 240451 240465)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Platycolpus capax (224137 224140) Platycolpus depressus (224146) Platycolpus dubius (224138)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Platycolpus sp. (255)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) R. magna (221094 221095)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) R. capax (9759) R. magna (9753 9765) R. magna, R. capax (9752)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) R. sp. (233789)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) Platycolpus capax (78731) Platycolpus sp. (282)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) Platycolpus granulatus (39398)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Platycolpus sp. (103805 103820)