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Cyphaspis convexum

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Conoparia convexum was named by Hawle and Corda (1847).

It was corrected as Conoparia convexa by Hawle and Corda (1847); it was recombined as Otarion (Otarion) convexum by Osmolska (1958); it was recombined as Otarion convexum by Vai (1967); it was recombined as Otarion (Conoparia) convexum by Chlupac (1983); it was recombined as Cyphaspis convexum by Van Viersen and Holland (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Conoparia convexa Hawle and Corda
1958Otarion (Otarion) convexum Osmolska pp. 67 - 68 figs. 3; pI. III . f ig. 4
1967Otarion convexum Vai
1983Otarion (Conoparia) convexum Chlupac
2016Cyphaspis convexum Van Viersen and Holland p. 258

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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
speciesconvexum(Hawle 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 convexum 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 Early/Lower Emsian or 413.02000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Otarion convexum (27060)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) Otarion convexum (12083)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Otarion convexum (10378 12102 12103 12104)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Italy Otarion convexum (26245 26255)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia Otarion convexum (10372 10379)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) Otarion convexum (40403)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Otarion convexum (12112)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Otarion convexum (10460)