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Glaberaspis scoobydooi

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Glaberaspis scoobydooi was named by Adrain and Westrop (2004). Its type specimen is SUI 99291, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is silicified fauna, Barton Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan deep subtidal grainstone in the Windfall Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Glaberaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Glaberaspis scoobydooi Adrain and Westrop p. 28 figs. Pl. 19, fig. 12, 14, 19, 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusGlaberaspis
speciesscoobydooi

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.

†Glaberaspis scoobydooi Adrain and Westrop 2004
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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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Nevada) Glaberaspis scoobydooi (type locality: 235995)