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Fritchaspis edgecombei

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Fritchaspis edgecombei was named by Johnson (2024). Its type specimen is NHMUK It 29224, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Fritchaspis edgecombei Johnson pp. 61-62 figs. Pl. 18A–F

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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)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusFritchaspisVanek 1963
speciesedgecombei

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.

Fritchaspis edgecombei Johnson 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Cephalon widest at eyes; glabella not inset; L1 not inflated or barely inflated; occipital ring broader (sag.) than posterior border; posterior border moderately short; no preglabellar field; eye lobes large, extending to axial furrow; and no eye ridge. Course of inner margin of fringe across anterior of genal areas slightly convex; anterior boss barely inflated, attached to glabella but not reaching down to girder. No girder kink. Brim wide (sag.; 35% of cephalic length (sag.)).
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: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available