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Oehlertaspis rondeaui

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus rondeaui was named by Oehlert (1889). It is the type species of Oehlertia, Oehlertaspis.

It was recombined as Oehlertia rondeaui by Pillet (1973); it was recombined as Oehlertaspis rondeaui by Pillet and Vanĕk (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Proetus rondeaui Oehlert
1973Oehlertia rondeaui Pillet
1974Oehlertaspis rondeaui Pillet and Vanĕk

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusOehlertaspis(Pillet and Vanĕk 1974)
speciesrondeaui(Oehlert 1889)

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.

Oehlertaspis rondeaui Oehlert 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available