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Bevanopsis thor

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Cybellela thor was named by Ludvigsen (1979) [Questionably assigned to this genus by naming author. Paratypes: GSC 44303-44308]. Its type specimen is GSC 44302, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 58678, which is in a Whiterockian marine horizon in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Bevanopsis thor by Shaw (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Cybellela thor Ludvigsen p. 47 figs. Pl. 20, figs. 1-3
2014Bevanopsis thor Shaw p. 552

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusBevanopsis
speciesthor()

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.

Bevanopsis thor Ludvigsen 1979
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Cybellela thor (192827)