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Tretaspis hisingeri

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tretaspis hisingeri Owen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrinucleinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTretaspis
specieshisingeri

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.

Tretaspis hisingeri Owen 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:23:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Pusgillian or 450.50000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Onnian - Pusgillian453.0 - 449.2Norway (Oslo) Tretaspis hisingeri (163419)
Nabala - Vormsi450.5 - 449.5Norway (Oslo Asker) Tretaspis hisingeri (164579)
Nabala - Vormsi450.5 - 449.5Norway Tretaspis hisingeri (164648)
Nabala - Vormsi450.5 - 449.5Norway (Ringerike) Tretaspis hisingeri (163418)
Nabala - Vormsi450.5 - 449.5Norway (Oslo-Asker) Tretaspis hisingeri (164578)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Norway Tretaspis hisingeri (163315 163316)
Pusgillian - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8Norway Tretaspis hisingeri (163019)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Tretaspis hisingeri (163026)