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Diacanthaspis cooperi

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis cooperi was named by Whittington (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spring Hill, which is in a Trentonian carbonate limestone in Virginia. It is the type species of Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis).

It was recombined as Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi by Owen (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. biaculeatus, D. thorsteinssoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Diacanthaspis cooperi Whittington
1981Diacanthaspis (Diacanthaspis) cooperi Owen
2014Diacanthaspis cooperi Mergl p. 403

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusDiacanthaspis
speciescooperiWhittington 1941

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.

†Diacanthaspis cooperi Whittington 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available