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Iwayaspidinae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Iwayaspidinae was named by Kobayashi (1962).

It was assigned to Ceratopygidae by Shergold (1980).

Subtaxa
Cermatops

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Iwayaspidinae Kobayashi p. 84
1980Iwayaspidinae Shergold

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyIwayaspidinaeKobayashi 1962
subfamilyIwayaspidinaeKobayashi 1962

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.

Subfm. †Iwayaspidinae Kobayashi 1962
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G. †Cermatops Shergold 1980
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†Cermatops vieta Shergold 1980
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Cermatops sp. (228191 228193 228200 228205) Cermatops sp., Cermatops vieta (228021 228022 228044 228199 228201 228202) Cermatops vieta (228020 228023 228026 228184 228185 228192 228203)