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Mummaspis macer

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Laudoniidae

Taxonomy
Holmia macer was named by Resser and Howell (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM Loc. 12w. Fruitville, 3 miles north of Lancaster, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was recombined as Esmeraldina macer by Resser and Howell (1938); it was recombined as Wanneria macer by Fritz (1973); it was recombined as Mummaspis macer by Lieberman (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Holmia macer Walcott p. 313 figs. pl. 54, fig. 1
1938Esmeraldina macer Resser and Howell p. 229 figs. pl. 8, figs. 10–12
1938Holmia macer Resser and Howell p. 313 figs. pl. 54, fig. 1
1973Wanneria macer Fritz p. 12
1999Mummaspis macer Lieberman p. 105 fig. 17.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyLaudoniidae
subfamilyLaudoniinae
genusMummaspis
speciesmacer()

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.

Mummaspis macer Resser and Howell 1938
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available