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Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides was named by Richter (1913).

It was recombined as Novakaspis ceratophthalmoides by Pribyl (1947); it was recombined as Otarion (Otarion) ceratophthalmoides by Kielan (1954); it was recombined as Otarion ceratophthalmoides by Ficner and Havlicek (1978); it was recombined as Otarion (Cyphaspis) ceratophthalmoides by Pribyl and Vanek (1981).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides Richter p. 5 figs. pl. 1
1914Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides Richter pp. 312 - 314 figs. text-figs. 4a-c
1947Novakaspis ceratophthalmoides Pribyl p. 542 figs. 1-2
1954Otarion (Otarion) ceratophthalmoides Kielan p. 24
1978Otarion ceratophthalmoides Ficner and Havlicek
1981Otarion (Cyphaspis) ceratophthalmoides Pribyl and Vanek p. 175
1992Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides Chlupac pp. 145 - 148 figs. PL vm, figs. 6- 10

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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
speciesceratophthalmoidesRichter 1913

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available