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Emanuelaspis (Emanuelaspis) teicherti

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ogygiocaris teicherti was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71360, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section RM 10, 413 m, Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, which is in an Arenig marine horizon in the Emanuel Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Emanuelaspis.

It was recombined as Emanuelaspis (Emanuelaspis) teicherti by Laurie and Shergold (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Emanuelaspis (Emanuelaspis) teicherti Laurie and Shergold

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusEmanuelaspis
subgenusEmanuelaspis
speciesteicherti()

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.

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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 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Western Australia) Ogygiocaris teicherti (236057)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Emanuelaspis teicherti (157162 157163 157165 157167 157168 157169 157170 157172)