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Mesotaphraspis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4637655https://www.gbif.org/species/4637655
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21251https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21251
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : Mesotaphraspis
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
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusMesotaphraspisWhittington & Evitt 1954
Scientific NameMesotaphraspis Whittington & Evitt, 1954
Name Published InMem. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 59
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesotaphraspisgenusbelongs to Mesotaphraspidinaestated with evidenceOwen and Bruton, 1980
Mesotaphraspisgenusbelongs to Dimeropygidaestated with evidenceOwen, 1981
Mesotaphraspisgenusbelongs to Proetidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Mesotaphraspisgenusbelongs to Toernquistiidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Mesotaphraspisgenusbelongs to Dimeropygidaestated with evidenceAdrain and Westrop, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance456 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Dimeropygidae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Proetida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. B. Whittington and W.R., I.I. Evitt. 1953. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites. Geological Society of America Memoir 59:1-139

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mesotaphraspis bockeliei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Mesotaphraspis inornata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Mesotaphraspis parva
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Mesotaphraspis sola
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Mesotaphraspis Whittington and Evitt
1980Mesotaphraspis Owen and Bruton
1981Mesotaphraspis Owen
2002Mesotaphraspis Jell and Adrain p. 405
2002Mesotaphraspis Sepkoski, Jr.
2007Mesotaphraspis Adrain and Westrop p. 346

References

Whittington H. B., Evitt W.R., II. (1953) Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites, Geological Society of America Memoir 59, 1-139
Owen A. W., Bruton D. L. (1980) Late Caradoc-early Ashgill trilobites of the central Oslo Region, Norway, Paleontological Contributions from the University of Oslo. No. 245 245, 1-63
Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Adrain J. M., Westrop S. R. (2007) Bearriverops, a new Lower Ordovician trilobite genus from the Great Basin, western USA, and classification of the family Dimeropygidae, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44, 337-366
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer., No. 59 - 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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