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Rasettia capax

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus capax was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platycolpus capax by Raymond (1913), Rasetti (1944); it was recombined as Rasettia capax by Stitt and Straatmann (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Bathyurus capax Billings
1913Platycolpus capax Raymond
1944Platycolpus capax Rasetti p. 250
1997Rasettia capax Stitt and Straatmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
familyIllaenuridaeVodges 1890
genusRasettia
speciescapax(Billings 1860)

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.

Rasettia capax Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:29:43
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:29:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Gasconadian or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Rasettia capax (221090)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Rasettia capax (81284 81285)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Platycolpus capax (224137 224140)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Rasettia capax (9752 9759)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) Platycolpus capax (78731)