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Meteoraspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Meteoraspis Resser pp. 40 - 41
1937Coleopachys Raymond
1938Meteoraspis Lochman
1954Meteoraspis Palmer p. 752
2002Meteoraspis Jell and Adrain p. 406
2002Meteoraspis Sepkoski
2006Meteoraspis Bentley et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyTricrepicephalidae
genusMeteoraspis

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.

G. †Meteoraspis Resser 1935
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Meteoraspis borealis Lochman 1938
Meteoraspis metra Walcott 1890
Meteoraspis mutica Rasetti 1961
Meteoraspis orientalis Yuan and Yin 1998
Invalid names: Coleopachys Raymond 1937 [synonym]
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-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:36:17
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:36:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Idamean or 500.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) M. robusta (8242)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) M. loisi (208705)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) M. borealis (235509)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) M. sp. indet. (219682)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) M. dis (230681)
Marjumian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0Mexico M. mutica (236882)
Menevian - St Davids504.5 - 497.0USA (South Dakota) M. keeganensis (8198)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) M. metra (208660 208678 208680 208681 208683 208685 208686 208728 208755 208847 208848 208850 208986) M. robusta (208649 208669 208730 208731)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) M. orientalis (49182)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Argentina (Mendoza) M. metra (230407)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) M. borealis (198257 198258)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) M. orientalis (125073)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Antarctica M. sp. (242395)
Mindyallan - Idamean499.0 - 494.2Australia (Victoria) M. etheridgei (64043)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) M. orientalis (126284)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) M. mutica (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) M. metra (7199 7201) M. sp. (231)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Tennessee) M. brevispinosa (235508)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (224 225)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) M. sp. (156419 156423 156427)