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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/Fallotaspis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4636060	https://www.gbif.org/species/4636060
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19129	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19129

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspididae : Fallotaspis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Redlichiida	Richter 1932
suborder	Olenellina	Walcott 1890
superfamily	Fallotaspidoidea	Hupe 1953
family	Fallotaspididae	Hupe 1953
genus	Fallotaspis	Hupé 1953

Scientific Name

Fallotaspis Hupé, 1953

Name Published In

Notes Serv. Min. Maroc., no. 103 (1952)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Fallotaspis	genus	belongs to Fallotaspidinae	stated with evidence	Palmer and Repina, 1993
Fallotaspis	genus	belongs to Fallotaspididae	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Fallotaspis	genus	belongs to Olenellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

530 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Redlichiida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Fallotaspididae)

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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallotaspis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Fallotaspis longa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fallotaspis longispina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fallotaspis plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fallotaspis planospinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fallotaspis typica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Fallotia Hupé, 1952	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspididae : *Fallotia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Fallotaspis Hupe
1993	Fallotaspis Palmer and Repina p. 27 fig. 7.2
1997	Fallotaspis Whittington et al. p. 418
2002	Fallotaspis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Palmer A. R., Repina L. N. (1993) Through a glass darkly: taxonomy, phylogeny, and biostratigraphy of the Olenellina, The University Of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 3, 1-35 doi:10.17161/PCNS.1808.3760

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Piveteau, Traité de Paléont., 3, 175 [April 1953]. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Notes Serv. Min. Maroc., no. 103 (1952) - 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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