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Primaspis evoluta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)308139https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=308139
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Odontopleurida : Odontopleuridae : Primaspis : Primaspis evoluta
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusPrimaspisRichter and Richter 1917
speciesPrimaspis evoluta
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Primaspis evolutaspeciesbelongs to Primaspisstated with evidenceBruton, 1966
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Odontopleuridae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Odontopleuridae)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomymajor spines (based on Primaspis)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Warburg. 1925. The Trilobites of the Leptæna Limestone in Dalarne. Leptæna Limestone Trilobites

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Acidaspis dalecarlica Tornquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1884Acidaspis dalecarlica Törnquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1884Acidaspis evoluta Törnquist p. 27 figs. pl. 1 f. 23
1906Acidaspis evoluta Reed
1906Acidaspis dalecarlica Reed pp. 119 - 120 figs. pl. 16 f. 7
1966Primaspis evoluta Bruton

References

Warburg E. (1925) The Trilobites of the Leptæna Limestone in Dalarne, Leptæna Limestone Trilobites, 1-446
Reed F. R. C. (1906) The Lower Palaeozoic trilobites of the Girvan district, Ayrshire. Part 3, Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, 97-186
Bruton D. L. (1966) A Revision of the Swedish Ordovician Odontopleuridae (Trilobita), Publications from the Palaeontological Institution of the University of Uppsala 67
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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