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Tasmana

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Tasmana was named by Jago et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type is Tasmana truncata.

It was assigned to Rhyssometopidae by Jago et al. (2004).

Species
T. truncata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Tasmana Jago et al. p. 44 figs. Fig. 8 A-I

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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
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusTasmana

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.

G. †Tasmana Jago et al. 2004
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Tasmana truncata Jago et al. 2004
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
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) T. truncata (69972)