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Brachypleura

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Brachypleura was named by Angelin (1854).

It was synonymized subjectively with Amphitryon by Whittington (1959) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Remopleurididae by Bruton and Nikolaisen (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Brachypleura Angelin
1983Sculptaspis Nikolaisen
2002Sculptaspis Jell and Adrain p. 443
2017Brachypleura Bruton and Nikolaisen p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBrachypleuraAngelin 1854

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. †Brachypleura Angelin 1854
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†Brachypleura cordata Nikolaisen 1983
†Brachypleura sexlineata Angelin 1851
Invalid names: Sculptaspis Nikolaisen 1983 [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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Llandeilo to the top of the Keila or 461.10000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9Norway Sculptaspis sp. (2950)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Norway Sculptaspis sp. (3250)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 460.9Norway (Asker) Sculptaspis insculpta (167004)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 460.9Norway (Nes-Hamar) Sculptaspis erratica (163466)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway (Nes-Hamar) Sculptaspis erratica (167000)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway (Hadeland) Sculptaspis erratica (167001)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway Sculptaspis erratica (167002) Sculptaspis insculpta (167003 167114) Sculptaspis sp. (167012)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway Sculptaspis sp. (2945)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden (Västergötland) Sculptaspis sexlineata (167007)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Sculptaspis pannucea (167105)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Sweden (Skane) Remopleurides sexlineatus (80104)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Norway (Asker) Sculptaspis sexlineata (166853 167011)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Norway (Oslo Asker) Sculptaspis sexlineata (167008)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Norway Sculptaspis sexlineata (167009 167010)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 453.0Norway (Asker) Sculptaspis impolita (167005 167006)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 453.0Norway (Oslo Asker) Sculptaspis cordata (166999)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 453.0Norway Sculptaspis impolita (167106)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Sculptaspis cordata (166998)