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Tafilaltaspis nitidus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) nitidus was named by Alberti (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Middle Hamar Laghdad Limestone, Tafilalt, SE Morocco, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Hamar Laghdad Limestone Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Tafilaltaspis nitidus by Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) nitidus Alberti
2021Tafilaltaspis nitidus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusTafilaltaspis()
speciesnitidus()

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.

Tafilaltaspis nitidus Alberti 1969
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Cornuproetus nitidus (type locality: 27071)