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Billingsaspis vulcanus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites vulcanus was named by Billings (1861). Its type specimen is USNM 15437 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Billingsaspis.

It was recombined as Ptychoparia vulcanus by Walcott (1886), Walcott (1891); it was recombined as Acrocephalites vulcanus by Walcott (1916); it was recombined as Billingsaspis vulcanus by Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Conocephalites vulcanus Billings p. 952 figs. Fig. 357
1886Ptychoparia vulcanus Walcott p. 198 figs. . 26, fig. 4
1891Ptychoparia vulcanus Walcott p. 653 figs. pl. 96, fig. 4
1916Acrocephalites vulcanus Walcott p. 182 figs. pi. 26, fig. 2
1935Billingsaspis vulcanus Resser p. 16

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusBillingsaspis
speciesvulcanus(Billings 1861)

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.

Billingsaspis vulcanus Billings 1861
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available