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Ellsaspis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ellsaspis was named by Rasetti (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Raphiophoridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Ellsaspis Rasetti
2002Ellsaspis Jell and Adrain p. 478
2002Ellsaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusEllsaspisRasetti 1945

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Ellsaspis Rasetti 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available