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Cyphaspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Cyphaspis Burmeister p. 147
1925Cyphaspis Warburg
1946Novakaspis Pribyl
1978Cyphaspis Thomas and Owens p. 70
1983Otarion (Cyphaspis) Chlupac
1997Cyphaspis Adrain and Kloc p. 705
2002Cyphaspis Jell and Adrain
2002Cyphaspis Sepkoski
2019Cyphaspis Van Viersen et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843

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. †Cyphaspis Burmeister 1843
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Cyphaspis advena Prantl and Přibyl 1950
Cyphaspis agayuara Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis akkae Alberti 1969
Cyphaspis barrandei Hawle and Corda 1847
Cyphaspis bluhmi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis boninoi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis brevimarginatus Walcott 1884
Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus Goldfuss 1843
Cyphaspis convexum Hawle and Corda 1847
Cyphaspis dabrowni Chatterton 1971
Cyphaspis eberhardiei Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis eximia Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis foumzguidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis globosus Bradley 1930
Cyphaspis hamidi Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis heisingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis heissae Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis hoepfneri Kowalski 1990
Cyphaspis hydrocephala Roemer 1843
Cyphaspis ihmadii Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis juergenhollandi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis khraidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis kippingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis lacrimara Pribyl and Vanek 1981
Cyphaspis lerougei Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis maharchensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis rommersheimensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis slocomi Raymond 1925
Cyphaspis smeenki Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis tadachachtensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis unguloides belgica Van Viersen and Prescher 2007
Cyphaspis walteri Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Invalid names: Novakaspis Pribyl 1946 [synonym]
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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 475.30000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) C. brevimarginatus (232703)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) C. globosus (154952)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) C. globosus (89024)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (37834)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) C. sp. (124939)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) C. sp. (158137)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) C. sp. (73408)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1USA (Illinois) C. intermedia (173289)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (446)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) C. sp. (443)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. lowei (26059)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. elachopos (79893)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) C. christyi (26788)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) C. christyi (26789)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. buchbergeri (26051)
Whitwellian430.6 - 429.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. munii (26048)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (23082)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (229371)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) C. carrolli (3103 3104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (234675)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czech Republic (Prague) Otarion barrandei, Otarion hydrocephalum (12071) Otarion convexum (12083)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) C. sp. 1 (136444) C. sp. 2 (136452 136453) C. sp. 3 (136454)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czech Republic Otarion advenum, Otarion convexum (12103 12104) Otarion convexum (10378) Otarion convexum, Otarion advenum (12102) Otarion hydrocephalum (10342)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Otarion akkae (27068) Otarion convexum (27060)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Italy Otarion convexum (26245 26255)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czech Republic Otarion advenum, Otarion convexum, Otarion hydrocephalum (10379) Otarion convexum (10372) Otarion cornigerum, Otarion barrandei (10344)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) Otarion convexum (40403)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Otarion barrandei (40703)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco C. akkae (208233)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Otarion dabrowni (39886)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco C. lerougei, C. tadachachtensis (210872)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan C. barrandei (181378 181379)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czech Republic (Barrandia) Otarion convexum, Otarion hydrocephalum (12112)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czech Republic Otarion convexum, Otarion hydrocephalum (10460)
Zlichovian - Daleje410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (188101)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) C. sp. (188765)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Morocco C. sp. (188202)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco (South) C. juergenhollandi (229392)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco C. agayuara, C. eberhardiei, C. hamidi (142430) C. hamidi (181542) C. sp. (208204)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) C. unguloides (229154)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) C. sp., C. balanops, C. ranuncula, C. ceratophthalma (188766)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95France C. sp. (188453)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium (Namur) C. unguloides (229155)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium C. boninoi, C. heissae (205311) C. sp. B, C. sp. C, C. hoepfneri (223279)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. n. sp. (229637)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) C. rommersheimensis (229334)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) C. barrandei, Otarion lacrimurum (229648)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic (Koneprusy) Otarion lacrimarum (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic (Barrandia) Otarion lacrimarum (12040 12041 12252)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco C. foumzguidensis (210870) C. smeenki (142429) C. sp. A (142431 214956)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic Otarion lacrimarum (10474)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (South) C. bluhmi (229391) C. eximia (229393)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) C. ranuncula (188939)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Sauerland) C. miles (229644) C. pumilio, C. ranuncula (232878) C. sp. (229469)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Czech Republic (Moravia) C. ceratophthalmoides (5770)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) C. sp. (111901)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Morocco C. walteri (227241)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czech Republic (Moravia) Otarion ceratophthalmoides (5767)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) C. sp. (94215 94216)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany C. heissae (144092)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) C. sp. (36012)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium C. koimeterionensis (234780)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) C. sp. E (234779)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) C. sp. (236362)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium C. Van Viersen & Vanherle 2018 sp. F (234778)