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Aphelaspis quadrata

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Aphelaspis quadrata was named by Resser (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 94924 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cantori, A. ludvigsensis, A. rara, A. stenygrogenae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Aphelaspis quadrata Resser p. 59 figs. pl. 13, figs. 16-17
1965Aphelaspis quadrata Rasetti pp. 78 - 79 figs. Plate 18, figures 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusAphelaspis
speciesquadrata

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.

†Aphelaspis quadrata Resser 1938
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:42:25
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:42:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Virginia) Aphelaspis quadrata (6960)