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Kettneraspis callicera

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis callicera was named by Hall and Clarke (1888).

It was recombined as Odontopleura callicera by Morales (1965); it was recombined as Kettneraspis callicera by Morzadec et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Acidaspis callicera Hall and Clarke p. 69 figs. pl. XVIb, figs 1–13
1965Odontopleura callicera Morales p. 89 figs. pl. VIII, figs 3, 4
2015Kettneraspis callicera Morzadec et al. pp. 354 - 355 fig. 12E–G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusKettneraspisPrantl and Pribyl 1949
speciescallicera(Hall and Clarke 1888)

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.

Kettneraspis callicera Hall and Clarke 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 07:20:54
Modified: 2009-06-11 09:20:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Frasnian or 393.30000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Colombia Odontopleura callicera (36017)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Acidaspis callicera (232686)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) Odontopleura callicera (36012)