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Mummaspis oblisooculatus

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Laudoniidae

Taxonomy
Mummaspis oblisooculatus was named by Frtiz (1992). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 61k, Mumm Peak Section, which is in a Dyeran marine horizon in the Mural Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Mummaspis oblisooculatus Frtiz p. 19 figs. text fig. 5b, pl. 17, figs. 3–5
1999Mummaspis oblisooculatus Lieberman p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyLaudoniidae
subfamilyLaudoniinae
genusMummaspis
speciesoblisooculatusFrtiz 1992

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
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Alberta) Mummaspis oblisooculatus (type locality: 10867 10883 10884)