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Thaiaspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Thaiaspis was named by Kobayashi (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thaiaspidinae by Kobayashi and Hamada (1979); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Thaiaspis Kobayashi
1979Thaiaspis Kobayashi and Hamada
2002Thaiaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyThaiaspidinae(Osmolska 1970)
genusThaiaspisKobayashi 1961

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. †Thaiaspis Kobayashi 1961
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Subg. †Thaiaspis (Thaiaspella) Kobayashi and Hamada 1978
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Thaiaspis (Thaiaspella) aliger Kobayashi and Hamada 1978
Thaiaspis euryrachis Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand T. aliger (133254) T. euryrachis (133255)