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Leptoplastides depressus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocephalus depressus was named by Salter In Murchinson (1859). Its type specimen is BGS GSM10843 (lectotype), a thorax (trunk), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Beltella depressa by Lake (1919), Rushton (1982), Fortey and Owens (1991); it was recombined as Leptoplastides depressus by Morris (1988), Zylinska (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spiniferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Ellipsocephalus depressus Salter In Murchinson p. 47 figs. fig. 2
1859Ellipsocephalus depressus Salter and In Murchison p. 47 figs. fig. 2
1919Beltella depressa Lake p. 104 figs. pl. 12, figs. 6-8
1982Beltella depressa Rushton p. 52 figs. pl. 3, fig. 12
1988Leptoplastides depressus Morris p. 126
1991Beltella depressa Fortey and Owens p. 71
2001Leptoplastides depressus Zylinska p. 360

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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
speciesdepressus(Salter In Murchinson 1859)

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 depressus Salter In Murchinson 1859
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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: Cressagian or 486.40000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland) Beltella depressa (223757)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1United Kingdom Beltella depressa (208218 208221 208223)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (Englad) Beltella depressa (235383)