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Welleraspis newfoundlandensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Welleraspis newfoundlandensis Lochman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusWelleraspisKobayashi 1935
speciesnewfoundlandensis

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
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 07:29:47
Modified: 2009-06-11 09:29:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Merioneth or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (49482 49484)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (49435 49449 49453 49483)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (198256)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (77696)