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Glyphaspis

Artiopoda - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Glyphaspis was named by Poulson (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81,1089]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphiscidae by Sundberg (1994); to Anomocarellidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Glyphaspis Poulson
1960Americare Lochman and Hu
1994Glyphaspis Sundberg pp. 99 - 100
2002Glyphaspis Jell and Adrain p. 379
2002Americare Sepkoski
2002Glyphaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAsaphiscidaeRaymond 1924
genusGlyphaspisPoulson 1927

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. †Glyphaspis Poulson 1927
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Glyphaspis calenus Walcott 1916
Glyphaspis camma Walcott 1916
Glyphaspis capella Walcott 1916
Glyphaspis concavus Sundberg 1994
Glyphaspis curticei Resser 1938
Glyphaspis tetonensis Resser 1937
Invalid names: Americare Lochman and Hu 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Asaphiscidae with cranidia with short, tapered glabella, lateral glabellar furrows shallow to absent, frontal glabellar lobe rounded to bluntly rounded, shallow to moderate depth preglabellar and axial furrows, straight to slightly concave axial furrows, moderately strong ocular ridges, long palpebral lobes, posterior area of fixigena exsagittally narrower than occipital ring, fixigena moderately narrow, slightly convex preglabellar field and anterior area of fixigena, wide, moderately to strongly concave anterior border, anterior border furrow typically very faint. Pygidia large, subcircular, rounded anterolateral corners; multisegmented, well-defined, narrow axis reaching to border furrow or extending into border; pleural field well defined, pleural furrows shallow, extend- ing onto border, interpleural furrows very shallow typically not extending onto border, low convexity; wide, slightly to moderately concave border; smooth, evenly rounded lateral and posterior margin.
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 03:48:56
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Steptoean or 506.50000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Montana) G. sp. (64605)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) G. concavus (134248 134249 134250 134252 134253)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) G. concavus (10565 134067 134068 134069 134070 134111 134112 134113 134114 134115 134116 134117)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Georgia) G. capella (8580 8581 8582)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) G. sp. (196377)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Montana) G. robusta (7202)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Wyoming) Americare tetonensis (9121)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) G. sp. (158679 158680 158683 158686) G. tecta (158684 158685)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Alberta) G. curticei (192257) G. sp 1 (190935) G. sp. 1 (190351) G. sp. 2 (194582) G. tetonensis (192240 192241 192245)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Tennessee) G. sp. (64609)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Arizona) G. sp. (205)