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Polycyrtaspididae

Trilobita - Polycyrtaspididae

Taxonomy
Polycyrtaspididae was named by Opik (1967). It is not extant. Its type is Polycyrtaspis.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Zhang and Wang (1986) and Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa
Hebeia, Polycyrtaspis (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Polycyrtaspididae Opik
1986Polycyrtaspididae Zhang and Wang
2011Polycyrtaspididae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyPolycyrtaspididaeOpik 1967
familyPolycyrtaspididaeOpik 1967

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.

Fm. †Polycyrtaspididae Opik 1967
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G. †Hebeia Guo and Duan 1978
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Hebeia hutoushanensis Zhang and Wang 1986
Hebeia pingquanensis Guo and Duan 1978
Hebeia pulchera Zhang and Wang 1986
Hebeia stewarti Smith et al. 2018
G. †Polycyrtaspis Opik 1967
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: Mindyallan or 499.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0South Korea Hebeia sp. 1 (152614 152627 152632 152635 152636 152637)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Hebeia pingquanensis, Hebeia pulchera, Hebeia hutoushanensis (129812)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Hebeia stewarti (208578 208579 236877)