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Granularaspidae

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Granularaspidae

Taxonomy
Granularaspidae was named by Babcock and St John (1995).

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sundberg (2014).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Granularaspidae Babcock and St John
2014Granularaspidae Sundberg p. 572

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyGranularaspidaeBabcock and St John 1995
familyGranularaspidaeBabcock and St John 1995

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.

Fm. †Granularaspidae Babcock and St John 1995
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G. †Granularaspis Babcock and John 1995
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Menevian or 511.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Granularaspis obrutchevi (57023 57024)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Morocco Granularaspis sp. (174203)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Alaska) Granularaspis sp. (10508)