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Erbenaspis erbeni

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Erbenaspis erbeni was named by Alberti (1970) [Erbenaspis? erbeni]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Hossei and Mogran Beds, RT II, RT IV, and RT X, Rabat-Tiflet Area, Morocco, which is in a Lochkovian marine limestone/shale in the Hossei Beds Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Erbenaspis erbeni Alberti
2021Erbenaspis erbeni Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyEodrevermanniinaeHupe 1953
genusErbenaspis()
specieserbeniAlberti 1970

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.

Erbenaspis erbeni Alberti 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 414.60000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Italy (Sardinia) Erbenaspis erbeni (26164)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Erbenaspis erbeni (type locality: 27036)
Late/Upper Lochkovian414.6 - 413.02Morocco Erbenaspis erbeni (27156)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Algeria Erbenaspis erbeni (27161)