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Quebecaspis breviceps

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Quebecaspis breviceps was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1168a-b, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Quebecaspis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti p. 254 figs. Plate 39, fig. 44-45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusQuebecaspis
speciesbreviceps

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.

Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti 1944
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Trempealeauan or 492.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Quebecaspis breviceps (224148)