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Ornamentaspis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ornamentaspis was named by Geyer (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 928]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ellipsocephalinae by Landing et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Ornamentaspis Geyer
2002Ornamentaspis Sepkoski
2008Ornamentaspis Landing et al. p. 893

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyEllipsocephalinaeMathew 1887
genusOrnamentaspisGeyer 1990

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. †Ornamentaspis Geyer 1990
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Amgan to the top of the Undillan or 510.20000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Morocco O. angustigena (174208 174219 174220)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Germany O. todraensis (162993)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Germany O. crassilimbata (186148 186155 186156 186160 186163 186168) O. sp. (186164)