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Schopfaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Schopfaspis was named by Palmer and Gatehouse (1972). It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Schopfaspis Palmer and Gatehouse
2002Schopfaspis Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusSchopfaspisPalmer and Gatehouse 1972

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. †Schopfaspis Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
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Schopfaspis granulosus Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Guzhangian or 514.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian - Taijangian514.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) S. similis (107174)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica S. granulosus (154032)