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Borealaspis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Borealaspis was named by Ludvigson (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690,795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Borealaspis Ludvigson
1985Alreboaspis Pribyl and Vanek
2002Borealaspis Jell and Adrain p. 351
2002Borealaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBorealaspisLudvigson 1976

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. †Borealaspis Ludvigson 1976
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Borealaspis biformis Ludvigsen 1976
Borealaspis numitor Billings 1866
Borealaspis whittakerensis Ludvigsen 1976
Invalid names: Alreboaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1985 [synonym]
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: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. biformis (25174 25175)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. biformis (24637)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. biformis (24635)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. biformis (25176)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Ceraurus numitor (25313 25314 25315 25316 25317 25318)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) B. biformis (25860 102246 102247 102249 102250) B. whittakerensis (102245)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) B. whittakerensis (192139) B. whittakerensis, B. biformis (24636)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Ceraurus numitor (63675)