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Remopleurides arenosus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides arenosus was named by Lespérance and Weissenberger (1998) [= Remopleurides sp. b. Lespérance 1968a, p. 813; 1968b, p. 147.]. Its type specimen is GSC 116204 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basal Conglomerate at Murphy Creek. apx 10.7 km WNW from the church in Percé, which is in an Edenian/Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Pabos Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Remopleurides arenosus Lespérance and Weissenberger p. 305 figs. 2.1-2.5

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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
speciesarenosus

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 arenosus Lespérance and Weissenberger 1998
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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: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Remopleurides arenosus (type locality: 37798 223274)