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Brachypleura sexlineata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides sexlineatus was named by Angelin (1851) [Remopleurides 6-lineatus]. Its type specimen is IPU Ar. 13504, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amphitryon sexlineata by Whittington (1959); it was recombined as Sculptaspis sexlineata by Nikolaisen (1983); it was recombined as Brachypleura sexlineata by Angelin (1854), Bruton and Nikolaisen (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Remopleurides sexlineatus Angelin p. 13 figs. pl. 9, figs. 7-7a
1854Brachypleura sexlineata Angelin p. addendum
1959Amphitryon sexlineata Whittington p. 327
1983Sculptaspis sexlineata Nikolaisen pp. 285 - 286 figs. Pl. 12, figs. 11-13, Pl. 13, figs. 1-3, text-fig. 14
2017Brachypleura sexlineata Bruton and Nikolaisen pp. 138 - 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBrachypleuraAngelin 1854
speciessexlineata(Angelin 1851)

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.

Brachypleura sexlineata Angelin 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Idavere or 458.00000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Sweden (Skane) Remopleurides sexlineatus (80104)