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Kosovopeltis insularis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Bronteus insularis was named by Billings (1866). Its type specimen is GSC 2558, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Goldius insularis by Twenhofel (1928); it was recombined as Kosovopeltis insularis by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Bronteus insularis Billings
1928Goldius insularis Twenhofel
2004Kosovopeltis insularis Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 22

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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
genusKosovopeltisSnajdr 1958
speciesinsularis(Billings 1866)

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.

Kosovopeltis insularis Billings 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.50000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Kosovopeltis insularis (184996 187772)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Kosovopeltis insularis (185535)