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Loganopeltis zenkeri

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites zenkeri was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 849 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ptychoparia zenkeri by Miller (1889); it was recombined as Loganopeltis zenkeri by Rasetti (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Conocephalites zenkeri Billings
1889Ptychoparia zenkeri Miller
1943Loganopeltis zenkeri Rasetti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpididaeWhittington 1950
genusLoganopeltisRasetti 1943
specieszenkeri(Billings 1860)

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.

†Loganopeltis zenkeri Billings 1860
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-01-21 04:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-21 06:26:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Loganopeltis zenkeri (224133 224137 224138 224140 224142)