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Paramegalaspis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Paramegalaspis was named by Thoral (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isotelinae by Harrington et al. (1959); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Dolerasaphus laevis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. frequens, P. guiraudi, P. immarginata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Paramegalaspis Thoral
1957Dolerasaphus Harrington and Leanza
1959Paramegalaspis Harrington et al. p. O341
2002Paramegalaspis Jell and Adrain p. 420
2002Paramegalaspis Sepkoski

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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
genusParamegalaspisThoral 1935

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. †Paramegalaspis Thoral 1935
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Invalid names: Dolerasaphus Harrington and Leanza 1957 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Klabava or 486.40000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Dolerasaphus laevis (115819) Dolerasaphus sp. (115835)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20819)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) P. frequens, P. immarginata, P. guiraudi (20827) P. sp. (20820)
Klabava477.1 - 469.4France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20824)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20826 20828)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (AnHui) P. sp. (7844 7845)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (SiChuan) P. sp. (7949)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20825)