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Leptoplastides nodifer

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Beltella nodifer was named by Rushton (1982). Its type specimen is RU9327, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leptoplastides nodifer by Zylinska (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spiniferus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Beltella nodifer Rushton p. 52 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 10
2001Leptoplastides nodifer Zylinska p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusLeptoplastidesRaw 1908
speciesnodifer()

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.

†Leptoplastides nodifer Rushton 1982
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:40:38
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:41:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Furongian to the top of the Tremadocian or 497.00000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Beltella nodifer (229503 229505 229507 229509 229514)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7United Kingdom Beltella nodifer (229518)