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Kingaspidoides usitata

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ornamentaspis usitata was named by Geyer (1990). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Kingaspidoides usitata by Geyer (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Ornamentaspis usitata Geyer
2017Kingaspidoides usitata Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
genusKingaspidoides(Hupe 1953)
speciesusitata(Geyer 1990)

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.

Kingaspidoides usitata Geyer 1990
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available