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Tretaspis sortita broeggeri

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Tretaspis sortita broeggeri was named by Stormer (1945).

It was recombined as Tretaspis broeggeri by Wagner (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Tretaspis sortita broeggeri Stormer
2020Tretaspis broeggeri Wagner

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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
speciessortitaReed 1935
subspeciesbroeggeriStormer 1945

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: 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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Hirnantian or 448.80000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Norway Tretaspis broeggeri (159377 159386 159408)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Tretaspis broeggeri (158962)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway Tretaspis broeggeri (159371)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo) Tretaspis broeggeri (159395)