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Raymondaspis ✝
| Description | Raymondaspis is a genus of trilobites in the family Styginidae. It was described by Pribyl in 1949, and contains the species R. reticulatus and R. turgidus from the Whiterockian of Canada, R. vespertina from the Ordovician and Whiterockian of the United States and Norway, and a new species, R. grandigena, which existed during the Middle Ordovician of what is now Sweden. R. grandigena was described in 2012 by Martin Stein and Jan Bergström. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymondaspis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Styginidae : Raymondaspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Raymondaspis Pribyl, 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Int. Acad. Prague, 49, 8 [1948] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 472 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 453 - 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Corynexochida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Styginidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Corynexochida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymondaspis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1948 | Raymondaspis Pribyl |
| 1955 | Raymondaspis Skjeseth |
| 1964 | Raymondaspis Neuman |
| 1999 | Raymondaspis Fortey and Droser p. 193 |
| 2002 | Raymondaspis Jell and Adrain p. 438 |
| 2002 | Raymondaspis Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2013 | Raymondaspis Fortey and Bruton |
References
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!
