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Komaspidella laevis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Komaspidella laevis was named by Rasetti (1961). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. hata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Komaspidella laevis Rasetti p. 115 figs. pl. 21, figs. 6, 7, 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusKomaspidellaKobayashi 1938
specieslaevis

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.

†Komaspidella laevis Rasetti 1961
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Marjumian to the top of the Steptoean or 504.50000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Missouri) Komaspidella laevis (214843 214844)
Dresbachian - Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Komaspidella laevis (54236 78935)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Komaspidella laevis (62202)