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Colombianaspis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Taxonomy

Species
C. carvalhoae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Colombianaspis Morzadec et al. p. 350

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyCalmoniidaeDelo 1935
genusColombianaspis

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.

G. †Colombianaspis Morzadec et al. 2015
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Colombianaspis carvalhoae Morzadec et al. 2015
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Morzadec et al. 2015Small trilobite with the anterior part of the cephalon bearing a short angular extension bounded laterally by two small flat areas, eyes long and located posteriorly, visual surfaces narrow with a maximum of 4 lenses in each dorso-ventral file; genal spines short and weakly curved; occipital ring smooth; glabellar segmentation of calmoniid type; L1 narrow; L2 and L3 fused in their abaxial part; pygidium small, convex, with 5 axial rings and 5 pairs of pleural ribs, ending in a long median spine; no lateral spines.
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:58:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:58:06
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 399.50000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Colombia C. carvalhoae (229210)