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Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) was named by Whittington (1941). Its type is Diacanthaspis cooperi.

It was assigned to Diacanthaspis by Whittington (1941), Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) Whittington
1991Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) Ramsköld and Chatterton p. 356

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusDiacanthaspis
subgenusDiacanthaspisWhittington 1941

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.

Subg. †Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) Whittington 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:55:37
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Marshbrookian to the top of the Whitwellian or 455.00000 to 429.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) Diacanthaspis sp. (2761)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Diacanthaspis krizi (151986)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia Diacanthaspis krizi (165097)
Kralodvorian (early glacial)450.1 - 445.2Czechia Diacanthaspis krizi (165098)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) Diacanthaspis tricosa (229058)
Whitwellian430.6 - 429.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Diacanthaspis hollandi (26035 26042 26048)