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Diacanthaspis elapsus

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis elapsus was named by Tripp (1954) [questionably assigned to genus]. Its type specimen is A.3866a, b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Diacanthaspis elapsus Tripp p. 663 figs. Pl 1, fig 24a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusDiacanthaspis
specieselapsus

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.

Diacanthaspis elapsus Tripp 1954
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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: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:55:37
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:55:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available