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Cyphaspis barrandei

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis barrandei was named by Hawle and Corda (1847). It is the type species of Novakaspis.

It was recombined as Novakaspis barrandei by Pribyl (1947); it was recombined as Otarion (Cyphaspis) barrandei by Chlupac (1982), Chlupac (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchbergeri, C. lowei, C. munii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cyphaspis barrandei Hawle and Corda
1947Novakaspis barrandei Pribyl
1982Otarion (Cyphaspis) barrandei Chlupac
1983Otarion (Cyphaspis) barrandei Chlupac
1999Cyphaspis barrandei Flick

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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
speciesbarrandeiHawle and Corda 1847

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 barrandei Hawle and Corda 1847
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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: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 413.02000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czech Republic (Prague) Otarion barrandei (12071)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czech Republic Otarion barrandei (10344)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Otarion barrandei (40703)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan Cyphaspis barrandei (181378 181379)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) Cyphaspis barrandei (229648)