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Mucronaspis olini

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Dalmanitina olini was named by Temple (1952).

It was recombined as Mucronaspis olini by Lespérance and Sheehan (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Dalmanitina olini Temple pp. 20 - 21 figs. pl. III, fig. 5, 7
1981Mucronaspis olini Lespérance and Sheehan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusMucronaspisDestombes 1963
speciesolini(Temple 1952)

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.

†Mucronaspis olini Temple 1952
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Gamachian or 445.20000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Mucronaspis olini (24519 24833)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Mucronaspis olini (12583)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Russian Federation Dalmanitina olini (152990)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4South Africa Mucronaspis olini (26994)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Kazakhstan Dalmanitina olini (153085 153086 153087)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) Mucronaspis olini (81280)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) Mucronaspis olini (8385)