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Daguinaspis ambroggii

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae

Taxonomy
Daguinaspis ambroggii was named by Hupé and Abadie (1950). Its type specimen is MNN G.200 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tazemmourt Section, F6, which is in an Atdabanian marine shale in the Amouslek Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Daguinaspis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Daguinaspis ambroggii Hupé and Abadie p. 2113 figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
1993Daguinaspis ambroggii Palmer and Repina p. 28
1996Daguinaspis ambroggii Geyer pp. 187 - 192 figs. Figs. 12 , 13 , 24, 25,2, 33, 35,2, 40, 67, 1-67,8, 68 , 1-68,16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyFallotaspidoideaHupe 1953
familyFallotaspididaeHupe 1953
genusDaguinaspisHupe and Abadie 1950
speciesambroggiiHupé and Abadie 1950

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.

Daguinaspis ambroggii Hupé and Abadie 1950
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Geyer 1996Species of Daguinaspi with adult cephalon heart-shaped in out! ine width about equal to length, anterior margin with geniculation; glabella moderately Iong, distinctly tapering forward, with narrow frontal lobe; preglabellar field sagittally wide.
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 06:28:32
Modified: 2009-12-21 08:28:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco (Ant-Atlas) Daguinaspis ambroggii (6275 type locality: 232862 232864)