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Cyphaspides

Artiopoda - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspides was named by Novak (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106].

It was assigned to Aulacopleurinae by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cyphaspides Novak
1978Cyphaspides Thomas and Owens p. 70
2002Cyphaspides Jell and Adrain p. 363
2002Cyphaspides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCyphaspidesNovak 1890

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. †Cyphaspides Novak 1890
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†Cyphaspides ammari Chatterton et al. 2020
†Cyphaspides holinensis Růžička 1939
†Cyphaspides nicoleae Chatterton et al. 2020
†Cyphaspides pankowskiorum Chatterton et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Givetian or 413.02000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) C. cerberus (12183)
Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia C. sp. (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia C. sp. (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia C. comatus (12102 12103) C. comatus, C. svobodai (12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia C. comatus (10372) C. comatus, C. svobodai (10379)
Daleje - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Czechia C. cerberus (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco C. sp. (208204)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Morocco (Errachidia) C. ammari (235081) C. nicoleae, C. pankowskiorum (235080)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Morocco C. ammari (235079)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia C. holynensis (10474)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Koneprusy) C. holynensis (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) C. orientalis, C. paradoxus (25817) C. sp. (27556 27558 27559 27560)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Moravia) C. sp. (5768 5865) C. spp. (25118)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany C. sp. (229262)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Barrandia) C. holynensis (12040 12041)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) C. scuticauda (229648)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco C. sp. (27052) C. sp. A (27119 27124)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany C. truncatus (5907)