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Rhodonaspis

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Rhodonaspis was named by Whitehouse (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant. Its type is Rhodonaspis longula.

It was assigned to Olenidae by Duan et al. (1999); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
R. longula (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Rhodonaspis Whitehouse
1999Rhodonaspis Duan et al.
2002Rhodonaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusRhodonaspisWhitehouse 1939

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. †Rhodonaspis Whitehouse 1939
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Rhodonaspis longula Whitehouse 1939
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 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Taoyuanian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) R. longula (130015)