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Cyphaspis heissae

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis heissae was named by Van Viersen and Prescher (2014) [Paratypes. PWL-2014 01b, complete? specimen (Fig. 2C) on other side of the rock slab that bears the holotype; PWL-2014 02, rock slab with several cranidia and other sclerites (Fig. 2A); PWL-2014 03, rock slab with a cranidium and several sclerites (Fig. 2B); PWL-2014 04, complete, tectonically distorted specimen (unfigured).]. Its type specimen is PWL-2014 01a, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hillersheim Syncline, Ahbach Fm, which is in a Givetian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ahbach Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchbergeri, C. lowei, C. munii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Cyphaspis heissae Van Viersen and Prescher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843
speciesheissae

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.

†Cyphaspis heissae Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available