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Timoraspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Timoraspis was named by Hahn (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 624]. It is not extant. Its type is Griffithides breviceps.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Timoraspis Hahn
2002Timoraspis Jell and Adrain p. 453
2002Timoraspis Sepkoski
2003Timoraspis Owens p. 382

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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
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusTimoraspisHahn 1967

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. †Timoraspis Hahn 1967
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Timoraspis breviceps Gheyselinck 1937
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman T. breviceps (138774 138775)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia T. sp. (42734)