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Gondwanaspis mrirtensis

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Gondwanaspis mrirtensis was named by Feist (2002) [= “Dudleyaspis” aff. harborti (Richter, 1909); Feist and Schindler 1994: 211, pl. 4: 1–2.]. Its type specimen is UM2−RF 170, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mrirt area, which is in a Frasnian platform/shelf-margin reef lime mudstone in the Bou Nebedou Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Taemasaspis mrirtensis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Gondwanaspis mrirtensis Feist p. 205 figs. 2A, B, E, G, H.
2002Taemasaspis mrirtensis Jell and Adrain p. 379
2007Gondwanaspis mrirtensis Feist and McNamara p. 784

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAcidaspidinaeSalter 1864
genusGondwanaspis
speciesmrirtensis

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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Morocco Gondwanaspis mrirtensis (type locality: 35385)