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Papyriaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae

Taxonomy
Papyriaspis was named by Whitehouse (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Papyriaspididae.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Papyriaspis Whitehouse
2002Papyriaspis Jell and Adrain p. 417
2002Papyriaspis 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
familyPapyriaspididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusPapyriaspisWhitehouse 1939

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. †Papyriaspis Whitehouse 1939
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Papyriaspis lanceola Whitehouse 1939
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: 2010-01-03 02:49:40
Modified: 2010-01-03 04:49:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Undillan or 503.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) P. lanceola (225220)