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Blosyropsis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Blosyropsis was named by Whittington (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Blosyropsis billingsi.

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

Species
B. billingsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Blosyropsis Whittington p. 377
2002Blosyropsis Jell and Adrain p. 350
2002Blosyropsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBlosyropsis

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. †Blosyropsis Whittington 1965
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Blosyropsis billingsi Whittington 1965
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Llanvirn or 470.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) B. sp. (297)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. billingsi (104800 104861)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. billingsi (104862 104868)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Canada (Yukon) B. sp. (302)