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Bonnaspis crassa

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae

Taxonomy
Bonnia crassa was named by Resser (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 94757, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 23j. 1 mile northeast of Austinville, Max Meadows Quadrangle , which is in a Delamaran carbonate dolomite in the Shady Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Bonnaspis crassa by Bohach (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Bonnia crassa Resser p. 66 figs. Plate 3, figures 43-45
1997Bonnaspis crassa Bohach p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyCorynexochidaeAngelin 1854
genusBonnaspis
speciescrassa(Resser 1938)

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.

Bonnaspis crassa Resser 1938
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-23 04:53:22
Modified: 2010-01-23 06:53:22
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Virginia) Bonnia crassa (188)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Virginia) Bonnia crassa (type locality: 219911)