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Quebecaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Quebecaspis was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Quebecaspis breviceps.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Quebecaspis Rasetti p. 254
2002Quebecaspis Jell and Adrain p. 437
2002Quebecaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusQuebecaspis

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. †Quebecaspis Rasetti 1944
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Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti 1944
Quebecaspis conifrons Rasetti 1961
Quebecaspis marylandica Rasetti 1961
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 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Trempealeauan or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Vermont) Q. hemiphaerica, Q. marylandica (8977)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Alaska) Q. aspinosa (64803) Q. aspinosa, Q. conifrons (64800) Q. sp. (64799 64802 225279 225280)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Virginia) Q. marylandica, Q. conifrons (62204 62205)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Q. breviceps (224148)