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Brachyaspidion

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Brachyaspidion was named by Miller (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Kingstoniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Brachyaspidion Miller
2002Brachyaspidion Jell and Adrain p. 351
2002Brachyaspidion Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBrachyaspidionMiller 1936

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. †Brachyaspidion Miller 1936
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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 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Marjumian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) B. sulcatum (77219)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) B. sulcatum (77272)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) B. sp. (122017) B. sp., B. sulcata (122072)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) B. sp. (216)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) B. microps (56144) B. microps, B. sulcatum (230682)