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Olegaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Olegaspis was named by Ivshin (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 380,618]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Olegaspis Ivshin
2002Olegaspis Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Olegaspis 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusOlegaspisIvshin 1962

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. †Olegaspis Ivshin 1962
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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 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available