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Tasmanaspis lewisi

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Tasmanaspis lewisi was named by Kobayashi (1940). Its type specimen is Z151 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hystricurus lewisi by Jell and Stait (1985).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Tasmanaspis lewisi Kobayashi p. 65 figs. pl. 11, f. 3-4
1940Tasmanaspis longus Kobayashi p. 66 figs. pl. 11, f. 5
1985Hystricurus lewisi Jell and Stait pp. 5 - 8 figs. Plate 2. figures 1-15; plate .1, figures 9, 1(1, 13
2002Tasmanaspis lewisi Jell and Adrain p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusTasmanaspisKobayashi 1940
specieslewisi

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.

†Tasmanaspis lewisi Kobayashi 1940
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Invalid names: Tasmanaspis longus Kobayashi 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Bendigonian or 484.30000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus lewisi (165772 165773)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus paragenulatus (211106) Tasmanaspis lewisi, Hystricurus paragenulatus (211109)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus sp. nov. (210901)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Hystricurus lewisi (157151 157153 157154)