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Cyphaspis smeenki

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis smeenki was named by Van Viersen and Holland (2016). Its type specimen is IRSNB a13009, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BD5, which is in an Eifelian shallow subtidal wackestone/mudstone in the El Otfal Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cyphaspis smeenki Van Viersen and Holland pp. 263-264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843
speciessmeenki

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.

Cyphaspis smeenki Van Viersen and Holland 2016
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cyphaspis smeenki (type locality: 142429)