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Tasmana truncata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Tasmana truncata was named by Jago et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UTGD125106 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cambrian Rocks, St Valentines Peak, which is in a Boomerangian marine siltstone/sandstone in Australia. It is the type species of Tasmana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Tasmana truncata Jago et al. p. 45 figs. 8A-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusTasmana
speciestruncata

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.

†Tasmana truncata Jago et al. 2004
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) Tasmana truncata (type locality: 69972)