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Remopleurides epimera

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides epimera was named by Tripp (1980). Its type specimen is RSM GY 1889 91 47c, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south-western flanks of Dow Hill, 650 yards south of Glendoune Farm, Girvan, which is in a Sandbian offshore mudstone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Remopleurides epimera Tripp p. 126 figs. Pl. 1.11-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyRemopleuridinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRemopleuridesPortlock 1843
speciesepimera

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.

Remopleurides epimera Tripp 1980
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:18
Modified: 2009-06-11 09:23:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sandbian or 458.20000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Remopleurides epimera (208120 208122 type locality: 208129)