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Neoglaphyraspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Neoglaphyraspis was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Neoglaphyraspis nitida.

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

Species
N. nitida (type species), N. trapezoidalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Neoglaphyraspis Yuan and Yin
2002Neoglaphyraspis Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusNeoglaphyraspis

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. †Neoglaphyraspis Yuan and Yin 1998
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Neoglaphyraspis nitida Yuan and Yin 1998
Neoglaphyraspis trapezoidalis Yuan and Yin 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) N. nitida (125072) N. nitida, N. trapezoidalis (125073)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) N. nitida (49176 49181 126317 126323 126324 126330 126346 126348 126444)