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Nannopeltis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Nannopeltis was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Ceratopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
N. modesta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nannopeltis Harrington and Leanza
2002Nannopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Nannopeltis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusNannopeltis

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. †Nannopeltis Harrington and Leanza 1957
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†Nannopeltis modesta Harrington 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Tremadoc or 478.60000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) N. modesta (115716)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) N. modesta (115656 115662) N. sp. (8882)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) N. modesta (115725 115736 115738 116076 116094)