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Glyphaspis capella

Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Asaphiscus capella was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62761-4 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glyphaspis capella by Poulsen (1927) and Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Asaphiscus capella Walcott p. 385 figs. pi. 59, figs. 2-2C
1927Glyphaspis capella Poulsen p. 273
1935Glyphaspis capella Resser p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAsaphiscidaeRaymond 1924
genusGlyphaspisPoulson 1927
speciescapella()

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.

†Glyphaspis capella Walcott 1916
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:48:56
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Georgia) Glyphaspis capella (8580 8581 8582)