Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Araiopleura stephani

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Araiopleura stephani was named by Rushton (1982). Its type specimen is ICS RX1, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Araiopleura stephani Rushton p. 57 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 13, 14

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusAraiopleuraHarrington and Leanza 1957
speciesstephani

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.

†Araiopleura stephani Rushton 1982
show all | hide all
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: 2010-01-26 04:28:58
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:28:58
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Furongian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Araiopleura stephani (229505 229514)