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Thebanaspis thebana

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Thebanaspis thebana was named by Lütke (1990) [= 1919 Proetus determinatus Foerste 1887 pl. 19 f. f. 14c]. Its type specimen is USNM 78745a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Thebes, which is in a Rhuddanian coastal siltstone in the Bowling Green Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Thebanaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Thebanaspis thebana Lütke pp. 42 - 43 figs. pl. 9 f. 60-64

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyCrassiproetinaeOsmólska 1970
genusThebanaspisLutke 1990
speciesthebana

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.

Thebanaspis thebana Lütke 1990
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rhuddanian or 443.40000 to 440.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8USA (Illinois) Thebanaspis thebana (type locality: 229316)