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Zacompsus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Zacompsus was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Zacompsus Raymond
2002Zacompsus Jell and Adrain p. 463
2002Zacompsus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusZacompsusRaymond 1924

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. †Zacompsus Raymond 1924
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Zacompsus levisensis Rasetti 1944
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-developedg
Created: 2010-02-22 07:53:11
Modified: 2010-02-22 09:53:11
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Tremadocian or 492.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Z. orientalis (81269 81270 81271)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Z. clarki (8933)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Z. occidentalis (55285 55310 55311)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Nevada) Z. clarki (203998)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Yukon) Z. occidentalis (55315)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) Z. sp. (198242)