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Bellaspidella logani

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Bellaspidella logani was named by Ludvigsen et al. (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 70475, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Broom Point North BPN 240, which is in a Sunwaptan platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Bellaspidella logani Ludvigsen et al. p. 23 figs. Pl. 13, fig. 15-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusBellaspidellaRasetti 1945
specieslogani

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.

Bellaspidella logani Ludvigsen et al. 1989
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sunwaptan to the top of the Tremadocian or 493.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bellaspidella logani (type locality: 81269)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Bellaspidella logani (81289)