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Tafilaltaspis creber

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) creber was named by Alberti (1966).

It was recombined as Tafilaltaspis creber by Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) creber Alberti
2021Tafilaltaspis creber Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusTafilaltaspis()
speciescreber()

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.

Tafilaltaspis creber Alberti 1966
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 402.50000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Tafilaltaspis creber (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Tafilaltaspis creber (12148)
Zlichovian - Eifelian409.1 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus creber (27058)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Cornuproetus creber (27117)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus creber (27114)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus creber (27074 27119 27120 27123 27124 27125)