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Leptoplastides argentinensis

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Andesaspis argentinensis was named by Kobayashi (1935). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 94138 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptoplastides marianus by Tortello and Esteban (2016); it was recombined as Leptoplastides argentinensis by Waisfeld and Vaccari (2003), Monti (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Andesaspis argentinensis Kobayashi p. 67 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1, 2 (only).
2003Leptoplastides argentinensis Waisfeld and Vaccari
2018Leptoplastides argentinensis Monti p. 186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusLeptoplastidesRaw 1908
speciesargentinensis()

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.

Leptoplastides argentinensis Kobayashi 1935
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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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:40:38
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:41:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina Leptoplastides marianus (156001)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Texas) Andesaspis argentinensis (223753)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Parabolinopsis mariana (115699 115700)