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Joshuaspis parvus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Joshuaspis parvus was named by Choi et al. (2008). It is not extant. Its type locality is Konggiri section, KG-11, which is in a Taoyuanian deep subtidal shale in the Machari Formation of South Korea. It is the type species of Joshuaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Joshuaspis parvus Choi et al.

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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
genusJoshuaspis
speciesparvus

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.

†Joshuaspis parvus Choi et al. 2008
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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
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taoyuanian or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4South Korea Joshuaspis parvus (133448 133449 133450 133451 type locality: 133453 133454 133457 133458)