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Bolaspis labrosa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Bolaspididae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare labrosum was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61575 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bolaspis.

It was recombined as Bolaspis labrosa by Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Alokistocare labrosum Walcott p. 184 figs. . 25, fig. 5 only
1935Bolaspis labrosa Resser p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyBolaspididaeHowell and Moore 1959
genusBolaspis
specieslabrosa(Walcott 1916)

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.

Bolaspis labrosa Walcott 1916
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 00:11:17
Modified: 2010-01-07 02:11:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available