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Aocaspis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Aocaspis was named by Dolambi and Gond (1992). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nileidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond
2002Aocaspis Jell and Adrain p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusAocaspisDolambi and Gond 1992

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. †Aocaspis Dolambi and Gond 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Floian or 486.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20819)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20827)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan) A. sp. (116214)