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Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Discussion

1974 Eobronteus sp.; Corbett & Banks, pl. 3, figs. 20, 21.

Taxonomy
Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus was named by Edgecombe et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UTGD 81124, a cephalon/head (cranidium and associated right librigena), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adamsfield Track, about 1 km west of bridge over Florentine River, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Benjamin Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus Edgecombe et al. pp. 61 - 66 figs. 3, 4, 5A-F, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyScutelluinaeRichter and Richter 1955
genusEokosovopeltisPribyl and Vanek 1972
speciesgrandicurvatus

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.

†Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus Edgecombe et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Edgecombe et al. 2007Eokosovopeltis with axial furrow
relatively strongly divergent anterior to S2.
Glabellar furrows faintly impressed on external and internal surfaces of exoskeleton, none pit-like; S1 and S2 confluent with axial furrow; L2 gently swollen as round lateral lobe. Cranidium wider across β than γ , with relatively broad anterior margin and wide preocular fixigenal field.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Eastonian to the top of the Onnian or 452.30000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Australia (Tasmania) Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus (225609)
Eastonian - Onnian452.3 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Eobronteus sp. (2686)
Eastonian452.3 - 449.0Australia (Tasmania) Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus (79238 79240 type locality: 154158 154159 154160)