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Maiaspis mirabilis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Taxonomy
Maiaspis mirabilis was named by Chernysheva (1956). It is not extant. It is the type species of Maiaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Maiaspis mirabilis Chernysheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusMaiaspisChernysheva 1956
speciesmirabilisChernysheva 1956

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.

Maiaspis mirabilis Chernysheva 1956
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:35:04
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:35:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Mayan to the top of the Maentwrogian or 504.50000 to 496.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Maiaspis mirabilis (131434 131435)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Russian Federation Maiaspis mirabilis (81113)