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Kochaspis upis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Crepicephalus upis was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 61697 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Kochaspis upis by Resser (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Crepicephalus upis Walcott p. 218 figs. pi. 33, figs. 4-4d
1935Kochaspis upis Resser p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychoparioidea(Matthew 1887)
genusKochaspis
speciesupis(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.

Kochaspis upis Walcott 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2009-06-10 08:28:55
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:28:55
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available