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Zacompsus levisensis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Zacompsus levisensis was named by Rasetti (1944) [Questionably assigned to genus]. Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1155, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Zacompsus levisensis Rasetti p. 258 figs. Plate 39, fig. 6

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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
genusZacompsusRaymond 1924
specieslevisensis

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.

Zacompsus levisensis Rasetti 1944
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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: well-developedg
Created: 2010-02-22 07:53:11
Modified: 2010-02-22 09:53:11
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available