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Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni was named by Nielsen (1995) [= 1919 Ceratopyge sp. - Funkquist, pp. 2 1 , 39 (listed) = 1950 Raymondaspis limbatus (Angelin, 1854) - Whittington, pp. 549-550; Pl. 72: 11-14 (pygidia from Fågelsång described, discussed and figured) .]. Its type specimen is MGUH 22.958 (K 482), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus) whittingtoni Nielsen pp. 313 - 317 figs. 226-228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusRaymondaspisPribyl 1948
subgenusTurgicephalus()
specieswhittingtoni

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. T. Nielsen 1995Large species. GlabeIla of low relief, pestleshaped; usually no anterior cranidial border; anterior margin of cranidium rounded (dorsal view) ; genal angle rounded; cephalic terrace lines sparse. Pygidium quite convex, short; no concave border. Axis long, slender, inconsiderably raised above pleural fields, evenly tapering backwards. Surface sculpture of pygidium consists of a few vaguely impressed terrace lines on anterior portion of pleural fields dose to axis. Doublure narrow (cephalon and pygidium).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available