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Leptoplastides ulrichi

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Beltella ulrichi was named by Kayser (1897). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MACN no. 4335, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

It was recombined as Leptoplastides ulrichi by Zylinska (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spiniferus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Beltella ulrichi Kayser
1938Beltella ulrichi Harrington
1957Beltella ulrichi Harrington and Leanza
1968Beltella convexa Tomczykowa p. 45
1968Beltella rotundata Tomczykowa p. 45
2001Leptoplastides ulrichi Zylinska p. 364

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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
speciesulrichi(Kayser 1897)

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 ulrichi Kayser 1897
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Invalid names: Beltella convexa Tomczykowa 1968 [synonym], Beltella rotundata Tomczykowa 1968 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Furongian to the top of the Tremadoc or 497.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Norway Leptoplastides ulrichi (229866 229867 229868)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina Beltella ulrichi (115458 223798)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (Jujuy) Beltella ulrichi (115417 115418 115419 115420 115424 115425)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.1Poland Beltella rotundata (72274)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Beltella ulrichi (115764 115976 115977 115978 115979 115980 115981)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia Beltella ulrichi (8802)