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Asioptychaspis subglobosa

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Ptychaspis subglobosa was named by Grabau (1924) [in Sun]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Asioptychaspis subglobosa by Kobayashi (1933).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Ptychaspis subglobosa Grabau
1933Asioptychaspis subglobosa Kobayashi p. 118
1933Asioptychaspis sphaira Kobayashi p. 119
1937Ptychaspis sphaerica Resser and Endo
1942Asioptychaspis chiliensis Resser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusAsioptychaspisHall 1863
speciessubglobosa(Grabau 1924)

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.

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Invalid names: Asioptychaspis chiliensis Resser 1942 [synonym], Asioptychaspis sphaira Kobayashi 1933 [synonym], Ptychaspis sphaerica Resser and Endo 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:07:41
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:07:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85South Korea Asioptychaspis subglobosa (232034 232035)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hebei) Ptychaspis subglobosa (129604 129616)