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Fallotaspididae ✝
Description | Fallotaspis is a genus of redlichiid trilobite genus found in Early Cambrian-aged strata of the United States and Morocco. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallotaspididae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Fallotaspididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 520 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Redlichiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Redlichiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallotaspididae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Daguinaspidinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Fallotaspidinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Amplifallotaspis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Avefallotaspis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
Choubertella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Daguinaspis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Eofallotaspis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Fallotaspis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Parafallotaspis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
Profallotaspis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Fallotaspidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1953 | Fallotaspididae Hupe |
1993 | Fallotaspididae Palmer and Repina p. 27 |
1997 | Fallotaspididae Whittington et al. p. 418 |
2001 | Fallotaspididae McMenamin p. 114 |
2007 | Fallotaspididae Hollingsworth |
2011 | Fallotaspididae Adrain p. 104 |
2014 | Fallotaspididae Bushuev et al. p. 352 |
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!
Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA