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Branisaspis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Branisaspis was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1980). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Branisaspis Pribyl and Vanek
2002Branisaspis Jell and Adrain p. 352

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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
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusBranisaspisPribyl and Vanek 1980

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. †Branisaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1980
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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 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Floian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3Peru B. speciosa (210687)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia (Avilés) B. sp. (9104)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina B. sp. (8777)