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Birmanites latus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe lata was named by Angelin (1851). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Opsimasaphus latus by Kielan (1960); it was recombined as Birmanites latus by Dean and Zhou (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Niobe lata Angelin p. 14 figs. pI. 10
1960Opsimasaphus latus Kielan p. 78 figs. pl . VI, fig. \- 2: pl. VII , fig. 3: pl. VIII, fig. 4 ; text-fig. 20
1988Birmanites latus Dean and Zhou pp. 638 - 640 figs. Plate 61, figs. 3-7; Plate 62, figs. 1, 2, 4, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusBirmanitesSheng 1934
specieslatus(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.

Birmanites latus Angelin 1851
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Kielan 1960Preglabellar field long, equal to one-fourth of cephalic length. Length
of the eye equal to one -sixth that of cephalon . Glabellar tubercle present. Hypostome unknown, thorax imp erfectly known, thoracic pleurae straight (transverse), not produced into spines. Pygidium sub-semicircular. Rhachis equa l to almos t six-eighths of pygidial length . 10-12 rhachial rings, 7-8 pleurae . Almost the whole bod y ornamented with anas tomosing lines.
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:58:11
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:58:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kralodvorian or 449.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) Birmanites latus (75890)