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Kettneraspis prescheri

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Kettneraspis prescheri was named by Van Viersen and Heising (2015). Its type specimen is IRSNB a1713, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Couche Rouge, Jbel Issoumour, which is in a Pragian marine mudstone in the Ihandar Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Kettneraspis prescheri Van Viersen and Heising pp. 16-17

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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
speciesprescheri

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 prescheri Van Viersen and Heising 2015
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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: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (South) Kettneraspis prescheri (type locality: 229390)