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Fieldaspis superba

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Fieldaspis superba was named by Rasetti (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Fieldaspis superba Rasetti pp. 162 - 163 figs. pl. 16, figs. 10-18
2003Fieldaspis superba Sundberg and McCollum p. 343 figs. Figure 11.7-11.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusFieldaspisRasetti 1951
speciessuperbaRasetti 1951

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.

Fieldaspis superba Rasetti 1951
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:46:51
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:46:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Fieldaspis superba (225268)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) Fieldaspis superba (56704 56722)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Fieldaspis superba (50098 50099 50103 50298 50299 50333)