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Planaspis

Trilobita - Aldonaiidae

Taxonomy
Planaspis was named by Repina (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 471]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Planaspis Repina
2002Planaspis Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Planaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAldonaiidaeHupé 1953
genusPlanaspisRepina 1959

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. †Planaspis Repina 1959
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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: 2010-02-08 00:43:41
Modified: 2010-02-08 02:43:41
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) P. erbaensis (81328)