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Ascetopeltis lepta

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Ascetopeltis lepta was named by Owens (1973). Its type specimen is PMO 70498, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Holmenskjæret, Holmen, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the Langåra Formation of Norway.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Ascetopeltis lepta Owens pp. 130-132 figs. 3 E-G, J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusAscetopeltis
specieslepta

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.

†Ascetopeltis lepta Owens 1973
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Ascetopeltis lepta (type locality: 73405 73445)