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Priceaspis (Priceaspis) opiki

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Priceaspis (Priceaspis) opiki was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71320, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section RM 10, 413 m, Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, which is in an Arenig marine horizon in the Emanuel Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Priceaspis, Priceaspis (Priceaspis).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Priceaspis (Priceaspis) opiki Legg p. 13 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPriceaspis
subgenusPriceaspis
speciesopiki

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.

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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Arenig or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Western Australia) Priceaspis opiki (type locality: 236057)