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Cyphaspis lacrimara

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarion (Otarion) lacrimarum was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1981). Its type specimen is JVC2567, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyphaspis lacrimura by Basse and Lemke (1996); it was corrected as Otarion (Otarion) lacrimurum by Flick (1999); it was recombined as Cyphaspis lacrimara by Lemke (2020).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Otarion (Otarion) lacrimarum Pribyl and Vanek figs. pl. 8 f. 1-6
1996Cyphaspis lacrimura Basse and Lemke p. 33
1999Otarion (Otarion) lacrimurum Flick
2020Cyphaspis lacrimara Lemke p. 248

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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
specieslacrimara()

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 lacrimara Pribyl and Vanek 1981
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) Otarion lacrimurum (229648)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic (Koneprusy) Otarion lacrimarum (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic Otarion lacrimarum (10474)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czech Republic (Barrandia) Otarion lacrimarum (12040 12041 12252)