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Falanaspis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Falanaspis was named by Tjernvik (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. Its type is Falanaspis aliena.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alsataspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
F. aliena (type species), F. extensa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Falanaspis Tjernvik
2002Falanaspis Jell and Adrain p. 375
2002Falanapis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusFalanaspisTjernvik 1956

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. †Falanaspis Tjernvik 1956
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†Falanaspis aliena Tjernvik 1956
†Falanaspis extensa Fortey 1975
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: blindg
Created: 2010-01-26 04:32:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:32:20
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Varangu to the top of the Arenig or 485.40000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) F. extensa (106472 106475)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden F. aliena (172663)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) F. aliena (3183)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Ringerike) F. aliena (190967)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden Falanapis aliena (3194) Falanapis sp. (3195)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) F. aliena (190879 190883 190884 190916 190978)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway F. aliena (190968)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway (Ringerike) F. aliena (190966)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Sweden (Västergötland) F. aliena (190969)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Falanapis sp. (3199 3246)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden F. aliena (198233)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) F. extensa (106473)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) F. extensa (106476)