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Tretaspis kiaeri

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Tretaspis kiaeri was named by Stormer (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. ceryx, T. clarkei, T. convergens, T. eximia, T. hadelandicab, T. norvegicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Tretaspis kiaeri Stormer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrinucleinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTretaspis
specieskiaeriStormer 1930

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.

†Tretaspis kiaeri Stormer 1930
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:23:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Oandu to the top of the Rawtheyan or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Norway Tretaspis kiaeri (163187)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (England) Tretaspis kiaeri (42638 43641 43741 43742 43743 43745 43746 43747 43748 43749 43750 43751 43764 43765 43766 43767 43768 43771 43772 43773 43774 43775 43776 43777 43778 43779 43780 43781 43782 43783 43784)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Tretaspis sp. (3675)