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Isotelus simplex

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Onchometopus simplex was named by Raymond and Narraway (1910).

It was recombined as Homotelus simplex by Cooper and Cooper (1946); it was recombined as Isotelus simplex by Amati (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Onchometopus simplex Raymond and Narraway pp. 51 - 52 figs. Plate XVI, figures 6-8.
1946Homotelus simplex Cooper and Cooper
2014Isotelus simplex Amati p. 26

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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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyIsotelinaeAngelin 1854
genusIsotelusDekay 1824
speciessimplex(Raymond and Narraway 1910)

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.

†Isotelus simplex Raymond and Narraway 1910
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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:29:44
Modified: 2020-06-15 08:39:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Turinian or 471.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) Isotelus simplex (23122)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) Isotelus simplex (55651)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Homotelus simplex (76336)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa/Wisconsin) Isotelus simplex (23118 23119 23120 23121)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Isotelus simplex (23789 23790 23791 23792 23794)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Isotelus simplex (23795)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Isotelus simplex (23276)