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Mummaspis occidens

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Laudoniidae

Taxonomy
Wanneria occidens was named by Walcott (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 60080 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mummaspis.

It was recombined as Esmeraldina occidens by Resser and Howell (1938); it was recombined as Mummaspis occidens by Fritz (1992), Palmer and Repina (1993), Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Wanneria occidens Walcott p. 314 figs. pl. 53, fig. 2
1938Esmeraldina occidens Resser and Howell p. 229
1992Mummaspis occidens Fritz p. 17 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2–5, pl. 10, figs. 1–5, text fig. 6a
1993Mummaspis occidens Palmer and Repina p. 23
1999Mummaspis occidens Lieberman p. 101 fig. 17.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyLaudoniidae
subfamilyLaudoniinae
genusMummaspis
speciesoccidens(Walcott 1913)

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.

Mummaspis occidens Walcott 1913
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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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Alberta) Mummaspis occidens (10867 10876)