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Priceaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Priceaspis was named by Legg (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 565]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Priceaspis Legg
1976Priceaspis (Fitzroyaspis) Legg
1984Fitzroyaspis Fortey and Shergold p. 338
2002Priceaspis Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Priceaspis 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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPriceaspisLegg 1976

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. †Priceaspis Legg 1976
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Invalid names: Fitzroyaspis Legg 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) P. guppyi (157184 157185 157186) P. oepiki (157173 157174 157175 157176 157178) P. rochei (157179 157180 157181 157182) P. rochei, P. guppyi (157183)