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Meteoraspis mutica

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Meteoraspis mutica was named by Rasetti (1961). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 143084.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Meteoraspis mutica Rasetti p. 116 figs. pl. 21, figs. 25-29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyTricrepicephalidae
genusMeteoraspis
speciesmutica

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.

Meteoraspis mutica 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 04:36:17
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:36:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Marjumian to the top of the Dresbachian or 504.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0Mexico Meteoraspis mutica (236882)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Meteoraspis mutica (62201)