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Albertellina aspinosa

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Albertellina aspinosa was named by Palmer and Halley (1979). It is the type species of Albertellina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Albertellina aspinosa Palmer and Halley p. 90 figs. Plate 10, figures 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusAlbertellina
speciesaspinosa

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.

Albertellina aspinosa Palmer and Halley 1979
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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 width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:40:14
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Delamaran or 510.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Albertellina aspinosa (9412 149606)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) Albertellina aspinosa (9413 9414 9417 9418 9419 9420 9427 9428 9440 9444 9445 9452 9453 9454 9455 9459 9465 9466 9467 9468 9473 9474)