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Falanaspis aliena

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Falanaspis aliena was named by Tjernvik (1956). It is the type species of Falanaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Falanaspis aliena Tjernvik

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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
genusFalanaspisTjernvik 1956
speciesalienaTjernvik 1956

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.

†Falanaspis aliena Tjernvik 1956
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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
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-26 04:32:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:32:20
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Varangu to the top of the Billingen or 485.40000 to 471.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden Falanaspis aliena (172663)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) Falanaspis aliena (3183)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Ringerike) Falanaspis aliena (190967)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Falanaspis aliena (190879 190883 190884 190916 190978)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway (Ringerike) Falanaspis aliena (190966)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway Falanaspis aliena (190968)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Sweden (Västergötland) Falanaspis aliena (190969)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden Falanaspis aliena (198233)