Diagrammatic reconstruction, showing top-down view (top) and view from below (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
†Trilobitomorpha
Subclass:
†Conciliterga
Genus:
†Tegopelte Simonetta and Delle Cave, 1975
Species:
†T. gigas
Binomial name
†Tegopelte gigas
Simonetta and Delle Cave, 1975
Tegopelte gigas (from the Greek tegos, “tile,” and pelte, “leather-shield,” referring to the shape of the dorsal body covering; gigas – from the Greek gigas, “giant,” due to the huge size of the animal[1]) is a species of large soft-bodied arthropod known from two specimens found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.[2][3]
^Tegopelte gigas. A giant trilobite-like arthropod. The Burgess Shale.
^Nicholas J. Minter, M. Gabriela Mángano & Jean-Bernard Caron (2011). "Skimming the surface with Burgess Shale arthropod locomotion". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1733): 1613–1620. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1986. PMC 3282348. PMID 22072605.
^Harry B. Whittington (1985). "Tegopelte gigas, a second soft-bodied trilobite from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (5): 1251–1274. JSTOR 1305016.
Tegopelte gigas (from the Greek tegos, “tile,” and pelte, “leather-shield,” referring to the shape of the dorsal body covering; gigas – from the Greek...
Miscellaneous Collections, 57: 145-228. Whittington, Harry B. (1985). "Tegopelte gigas, a Second Soft-Bodied Trilobite from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian...
PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Artist's rendition of Helmetia alongside Tegopelte gigas Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:...
(1.4 in) in length. Retifacies probably reached up to 55 cm (22 in). Tegopelte is another one example of large non-trilobite artiopod, reached 280 mm...
(1141): 569–609. Bibcode:1985RSPTB.309..569W. doi:10.1098/rstb.1985.0096. Tegopelte gigas was 25 to 27 centimetres (9.8 to 10.6 in) long, and was one of the...
trilobites and hyolithids. It was named after Walcott's second son, Sidney. Tegopelte Arthropoda (unranked) Artiopoda A species of large (up to 28 centimetres...
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