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Fallotaspis bondoni

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae

Taxonomy
Olenellus bondoni was named by Neltner and Poctey (1950).

It was recombined as Fallotaspis bondoni by Geyer (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Olenellus bondoni Neltner and Poctey figs. pl. lll , fig. 3, 5, pl. IV , figs . 2?, 3, 4, 6, pl. V, figs . 3, 5 [only; type = pl.ll, fig . 1].
1996Fallotaspis bondoni Geyer pp. 173 - 179 figs. Figs. ?9, ?10 , 1-10,4, ? 16 , ? 19, ?20 , ?23, ?25 , ?26 ,1-26,2, 26,3, ?26,4, 27. ?28, ?29 , 30, ?

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyFallotaspidoideaHupe 1953
familyFallotaspididaeHupe 1953
genusFallotaspis
speciesbondoni(Neltner and Poctey 1950)

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.

†Fallotaspis bondoni Neltner and Poctey 1950
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Geyer 1996A species of Fallotaspis with cephalon semiparabolic to semicircular in outline , gla- bella slightly tapering , cephalic front separated from anterior border furrow occipital ring with weil deve- l oped anterolateral nodes and mode r ately long, slender occipital spine; posterior cephalic ma r gin with strong forwa rd bend an d resultant anterior position of genal spine angle; anterior and lateral border relatively wide; pleural spines of the third thoracic tergite extremely long.
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 06:28:32
Modified: 2009-12-21 08:28:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Atdabanian or 520.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco Fallotaspis bondoni (232768 232773)
Montezuman - Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0USA (Nevada) Fallotaspis bondoni (10575)