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Meteoraspis ✝
| Description | Meteoraspis is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobites of the family Tricrepicephalidae. The various species lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period. Fossils of Meteoraspis are characteristic of Late Cambrian strata in North America, though they are found in Late Cambrian strata elsewhere in the world, such as M. nevensis from Victoria Land, Antarctica. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoraspis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Tricrepicephalidae : Meteoraspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Crepicephalidae : Meteoraspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Meteoraspis Resser, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Crepicephalidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoraspis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Meteoraspis banffensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis bipunctata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis borealis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Meteoraspis brevispinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis delia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis intermedia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis keeganensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis loisi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis metra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Meteoraspis mutica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Meteoraspis orientalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Meteoraspis robusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meteoraspis spinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1935 | Meteoraspis Resser pp. 40 - 41 |
| 1938 | Meteoraspis Lochman |
| 2002 | Meteoraspis Jell and Adrain p. 406 |
| 2002 | Meteoraspis Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
