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Peraspis kolouros

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Peraspis kolouros was named by Norford and Ross (1978). Its type specimen is GSC 42604, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64579. North White River Section, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Glenogle Shales Formation of British Columbia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Peraspis kolouros Norford and Ross p. 4 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-3, 5-6, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPeraspisWhittington 1965
specieskolouros

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.

Peraspis kolouros Norford and Ross 1978
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: or 470.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (British Columbia) Peraspis kolouros (type locality: 149567)