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Diacanthaspis cooperi

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis cooperi was named by Whittington (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spring Hill, which is in a Trentonian carbonate limestone in Virginia. It is the type species of Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis).

It was recombined as Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi by Owen (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Diacanthaspis cooperi Whittington
1981Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi Owen
2014Diacanthaspis cooperi Mergl p. 403

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusDiacanthaspis
speciescooperiWhittington 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.

Diacanthaspis cooperi 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: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Diacanthaspis cooperi (type locality: 81308)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Diacanthaspis cooperi (105205 105207 192431)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2USA (Virginia) Diacanthaspis cooperi (105204)