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Erdbachaspis aello

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Waribole (Waribole) aello was named by Hahn et al. (1998). Its type specimen is SMF5775, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steeden, quarry at north-western margin of the town, which is in a Chadian carbonate limestone in the Erdbach Limestone Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Erdbachaspis aello by Müller and Hahn (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Waribole (Waribole) aello Hahn et al. pp. 178 - 181 figs. Abb.24-25,Taf.5 Fig.1-7
2018Erdbachaspis aello Müller and Hahn

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusErdbachaspis
speciesaello()

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.

†Erdbachaspis aello Hahn et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Hahn et al. 1998
Diagnose; Eine Art von Waribole (Waribole) mit folgen- den Besonderheiten-, Cranidium: Glabella subzylindrisch, bei 1 deutlich eingeschnûrt;hintere Glabella-Furchen(S1- 52) deutlich markiert, vordere Glabella-Furchen (S3-S4) schwach angedeutet. Prâglabellar-Bereich màBig lang (sag.), Stim-Saum gewulstet. Augen-Deckel mâBig lang, weit zur Seite ausladend.Hinter-Ast der Facial-Sutur mit kurzem geraden Abschnitt e-(. - Freiwange: Auge groR, Wangen-Stachelals kuze Spitze entwickelt. - Pygidium: UmriB halbkeis-fôrmig. Rhachis kurz und plump, mit 10 Ringen, Riachis-Leiste angedeutet.Pleural-Feldermit 3-5 erkennbaren Rippen-Paaren.Rand-Saum sehr breit, ohne Saum-Furche.- Skulptu: Schale mit sehr feinen, dicht stehendenHôckem besetzt.
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Chadian or 353.80000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Italy Waribole aello (37221 42417)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Germany Waribole aello (type locality: 37185)