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Ullaspis

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Ullaspis was named by Westergard (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Ullaspis Westergard
2002Ullaspis Jell and Adrain p. 456
2002Ullaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusUllaspisWestergard 1948

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. †Ullaspis Westergard 1948
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available