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Elasmaspis speciosa

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Elasmaspis speciosa was named by Kramarenko (1956). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 589/1263, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Upper Beds, Podkamennaya Tunguska River, southern Evenkia, which is in a Katian marine siltstone/claystone in the Dolbor Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Elasmaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Elasmaspis speciosa Kramarenko p. 1031

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyMonorakinae(Kramarenko 1952)
genusElasmaspisKramarenko 1956
speciesspeciosaKramarenko 1956

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.

Elasmaspis speciosa Kramarenko 1956
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation Elasmaspis speciosa (type locality: 192733)