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Bolaspidella housensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia housensis was named by Walcott (1886). It is the type species of Bolaspidella.

It was recombined as Bolaspidella housensis by Palmer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ptychoparia housensis Walcott p. 75 figs. Plate 16, figure 3
1954Bolaspidella housensis Palmer p. 75 figs. Plate 16, figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
genusBolaspidellaResser 1937
specieshousensis(Walcott 1886)

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.

Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:43:27
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:43:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bolaspidella housensis (77268)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Bolaspidella housensis (56144 230682)