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Beggaspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Beggaspis was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1981). Its type is Otarion tenuis.

It was assigned to Otarioninae by Adrain and Chatterton (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Beggaspis Pribyl and Vanek p. 64
1994Beggaspis Adrain and Chatterton p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
genusBeggaspisPribyl and Vanek 1981

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. †Beggaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1981
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Beggaspis elongatum Begg 1939
Beggaspis tenuis Kielan 1960
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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 470.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Otarion spinicaudatum (103000 103001 103002)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion elongatus (162241)