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Megalaspidella kayseri

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Megalaspidella kayseri was named by Kobayashi (1937). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Megalaspidella kayseri Kobayashi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusMegalaspidellaCallaway 1877
specieskayseriKobayashi 1937

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.

Megalaspidella kayseri Kobayashi 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:35:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:35:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Arenigian or 478.60000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) Megalaspidella kayseri (115703 115738 115870)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Jujuy) Megalaspidella kayseri (115675)