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Sambremeusaspis fossesensis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Sambremeusaspis fossesensis was named by Lespérance and Sheehan (1987). Its type specimen is I.R.Sc.N.B. n° a2511, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sous-Assise de Faulx-les-Tombes, which is in a Rawtheyan deep-water shale in the Fosses Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Sambremeusaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Sambremeusaspis fossesensis Lespérance and Sheehan pp. 110 - 112 figs. Planche 3, Figures 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusSambremeusaspis
speciesfossesensis

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.

Sambremeusaspis fossesensis Lespérance and Sheehan 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Belgium Sambremeusaspis fossesensis (type locality: 192762)