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Papyriaspis lanceola

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae

Taxonomy
Papyriaspis lanceola was named by Whitehouse (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is M130, which is in an Undillan carbonate ironstone in the V-Creek Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Papyriaspis lanceola Whitehouse pp. 218 - 219 figs. PI. XXIII, figs. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPapyriaspididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusPapyriaspisWhitehouse 1939
specieslanceolaWhitehouse 1939

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.

†Papyriaspis lanceola Whitehouse 1939
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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: 2010-01-03 02:49:40
Modified: 2010-01-03 04:49:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Undillan or 503.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Papyriaspis lanceola (type locality: 225220)