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Megalaspides dalecarlicus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Megalaspis dalecarlicus was named by Holm (1882). It is the type species of Megalaspides.

It was recombined as Megalaspides dalecarlicus by Hoel (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Megalaspides dalecarlicus Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyIsotelinaeAngelin 1854
genusMegalaspidesBrögger 1886
speciesdalecarlicus(Holm 1882)

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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:57:08
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:57:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bendigonian to the top of the Chewtonian or 474.90000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden Megalaspides dalecarlicus (198174 198175 198177 198178 198179)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Russian Federation Megalaspides dalecarlicus (169218 198709)
Bendigonian - Chewtonian474.9 - 471.3Sweden Megalaspides dalecarlicus (190994)