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Kathleenella frontalis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Euptychaspis frontalis was named by Longacre (1970).

It was recombined as Kathleenella frontalis by Ludvigsen (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. hamulata, K. maritima, K. subula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Euptychaspis frontalis Longacre p. 41 figs. pI. 3, figs. 2-5.
1977Euptychaspis frontalis Stitt p. 43 figs. PI. 3, fig. 6
1982Kathleenella frontalis Ludvigsen pp. 90 - 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusKathleenellaLudvigsen 1982
speciesfrontalis()

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.

†Kathleenella frontalis Longacre 1970
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:08:03
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:08:03
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Euptychaspis frontalis (190350)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Kathleenella frontalis (54093 81305)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Euptychaspis frontalis (216017 216018)