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Loganopeltoides minuta

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpididae

Taxonomy
Loganopeltis minuta was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1147, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loganopeltoides minutus by Rasetti (1945); it was recombined as Loganopeltoides minuta by Ludvigsen et al. (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Loganopeltis minuta Rasetti p. 248 figs. pl. 38, fig. 26
1945Loganopeltoides minutus Rasetti pp. 47 - 48
1989Loganopeltoides minuta Ludvigsen et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpididaeWhittington 1950
genusLoganopeltoidesRasetti 1945
speciesminuta()

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.

Loganopeltoides minuta Rasetti 1944
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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
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-01-21 04:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-21 06:26:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Loganopeltoides minuta (81277)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Loganopeltis minuta (224134)