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Tafilaltaspis maidericus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) maidericus was named by Alberti (1969) [Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus?) maidericus].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) maidericus Alberti
2021Tafilaltaspis maidericus 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()
speciesmaidericus()

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 maidericus 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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available