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Bellaspis

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Bellaspis was named by Rasetti (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Bellaspis Rasetti
2002Bellaspis Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002Bellaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusBellaspisRasetti 1945

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. †Bellaspis Rasetti 1945
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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 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Franconian or 501.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian501.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) B. sp. (251)
Steptoean501.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) B. longifrons (8977)