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Kingaspis
Taxonomy
Kingaspis was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 80,885]. It is not extant. Its type is Anomocare campbelli.
It was assigned to Ellipsocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Ellipsocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Kingaspis Kobayashi |
| 1953 | Mesetaia Hupe |
| 2002 | Kingaspis Jell and Adrain p. 392 |
| 2002 | Kingaspis Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Mesetaia Sepkoski |
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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. †Kingaspis Kobayashi 1935
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Subg. †Kingaspis (Kingaspidoides) Hupe 1953
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†Kingaspis (Kingaspidoides) armatus Liñán et al. 2003
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Invalid names: Kingaspis (Kingaspis) brevifrons Hupé 1953 [synonym]
†Kingaspis (Kingaspidoides) velatus Lotze 1958
†Kingaspis avalonensis Geyer and Landing 2001
†Kingaspis convexus Palmer and Rowell 1995
Invalid names: Mesetaia Hupe 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cambrian | Spain (Aragon) | K. campbelli (120550 120552) | |
| Lenian | Morocco | K. sp. (161460) | |
| Toyonian | Antarctica | K. convexus (56127) | |
| Toyonian | Spain (Zaragoza) | K. campbelli (233072) | |
| Amgan | Poland | K. henningsmoeni (72270) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Poland | K. henningsmoeni (72269) | |
| St Davids | USA (Massachusetts) | K. avalonensis (49340) |