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Cryptoderaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Onchonotopsidae

Taxonomy
Cryptoderaspis was named by Rasetti (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant. Its type is Cryptoderaspis metisensis.

It was assigned to Catillicephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Onchonotopsidae by Bentley et al. (2006).

Species
C. metisensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cryptoderaspis Rasetti
2002Cryptoderaspis Jell and Adrain p. 362
2002Cryptoderaspis Sepkoski
2006Cryptoderaspis Bentley et al. p. 180

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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
familyOnchonotopsidaeShaw 1966
genusCryptoderaspisRasetti 1946

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. †Cryptoderaspis Rasetti 1946
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Cryptoderaspis metisensis Rasetti 1947
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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Mindyallan or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) C. metisensis (49485)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) C. metisensis (49433 49453 49483)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Antarctica C. sp. (242396)