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Archaeaspididae
Taxonomy
Archaeaspididae was named by Repina (1979). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Redlichiida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Fallotaspidoidea by Palmer and Repina (1993), Geyer (1996), Lieberman (2002), Adrain (2011).
It was assigned to Redlichiida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Fallotaspidoidea by Palmer and Repina (1993), Geyer (1996), Lieberman (2002), Adrain (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Archaeaspididae Repina p. 20 |
| 1993 | Archaeaspididae Palmer and Repina p. 29 |
| 1996 | Archaeaspididae Geyer pp. 193 - 194 |
| 1997 | Archaeaspididae Whittington et al. p. 422 |
| 2002 | Archaeaspididae Lieberman p. 701 |
| 2011 | Archaeaspididae Adrain p. 104 |
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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.
Fm. †Archaeaspididae Repina 1979
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G. †Archaeaspis Repina 1965
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†Archaeaspis hupei Repina 1965
†Archaeaspis macropleuron Lieberman 2002
†Archaeaspis nelsoni Lieberman 2002
G. †Bradyfallotaspis Fritz 1972
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†Bradyfallotaspis coriae Gapp et al. 2011
†Bradyfallotaspis fusa Fritz 1972
†Bradyfallotaspis nicolascagei Gapp et al. 2011
†Bradyfallotaspis patula Fritz 1972
†Bradyfallotaspis sekwiensis Gapp et al. 2011
G. †Fritzaspis Hollingsworth 2007
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†Fritzaspis generalis Hollingsworth 2007
†Fritzaspis ovalis Hollingsworth 2007
G. †Geraldinella
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993 | Fallotaspidoidea with anterior part of L4 anterior to line tangent to anterolateral margin of ocular lobe. Parafrontal band usually present, continuing to or nearly to anterior end of L4. Width of interocular area approximately same as extraocular area. Genal spines usually present. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Montezuman or 521.00000 to 515.30000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Begadean | USA (Nevada) | Fritzaspis generalis (90905) Fritzaspis generalis, Fritzaspis ovalis (90901) Fritzaspis sp., Fritzaspis generalis, Fritzaspis ovalis (90902) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Bradyfallotaspis fusa, Bradyfallotaspis patula (156145) Bradyfallotaspis sp., Bradyfallotaspis fusa (156143) Bradyfallotaspis sp., Bradyfallotaspis patula (156158) | |
| Cambrian | Canada (Northern Territories) | Bradyfallotaspis coriae, Bradyfallotaspis nicolascagei (228649) Bradyfallotaspis coriae, Bradyfallotaspis nicolascagei, Bradyfallotaspis sekwiensis (228647) Bradyfallotaspis nicolascagei, Bradyfallotaspis sekwiensis (228646) | |
| Atdabanian | Mongolia | Archaeaspis sp. (232791) Fallotaspidella chesenica (232790) | |
| Montezuman - Atdabanian | USA (Nevada) | Geraldinella sp. (10496) | |
| Montezuman | USA (California) | Archaeaspis macropleuron (196129 204251) Archaeaspis nelsoni (219261) Archaeaspis nelsoni, Archaeaspis macropleuron (196185 204250) | |
| Montezuman | Canada (Yukon) | Bradyfallotaspis sp. 3 (225105) | |
| Montezuman | USA (Nevada) | Bradyfallotaspis sp. (10551) | |
| Lenian | Canada (Alberta) | Bradyfallotaspis sp. (10865) |