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Kymataspis

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kymataspis was named by Geyer (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: 928]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ellipsocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Kymataspis Geyer
2002Kymataspis Jell and Adrain p. 395
2002Kymataspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
genusKymataspisGeyer 1990

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. †Kymataspis Geyer 1990
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain K. bernardi (55265)