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Amplifallotaspis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4636068https://www.gbif.org/species/4636068
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)152761https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=152761
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspididae : Amplifallotaspis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellinaWalcott 1890
superfamilyFallotaspidoideaHupe 1953
familyFallotaspididaeHupe 1953
genusAmplifallotaspisHollingsworth 2007
Scientific NameAmplifallotaspis Hollingsworth, 2007
Name Published InMemoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Amplifallotaspisgenusbelongs to Fallotaspididaestated without evidenceHollingsworth, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Redlichiida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Fallotaspididae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Redlichiida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. S. Hollingsworth. 2007. Fallotaspidoid trilobite assemblage (Lower Cambrian ) from the Esmeralda Basin (western Nevada, USA): The oldest trilobites from Laurentia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33:123-140

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Amplifallotaspis keni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1520 Ma
Cambrian
520 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Amplifallotaspis Hollingsworth p. 136

References

Hollingsworth J. S. (2007) Fallotaspidoid trilobite assemblage (Lower Cambrian ) from the Esmeralda Basin (western Nevada, USA): The oldest trilobites from Laurentia, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33, 123-140
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hollingsworth, 2007 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hollingsworth, J.S. (2007). Fallotaspidoid trilobite assemblage (Lower Cambrian) from the Esmeralda Basin (western Nevada, U.S.A.): the oldest trilobites from Laurentia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 33, 123-140 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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