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Cyphaspides pankowskiorum

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspides pankowskiorum was named by Chatterton et al. (2020) [= 2014 Cyphaspides sp. Lawrence and Stammers, p. 311]. Its type specimen is UA14316 (complete articulated carapace) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Close to the highway (south side), west of Jorf, near Erfoud, which is in an Eifelian deep subtidal wackestone/mudstone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Cyphaspides pankowskiorum Chatterton et al. pp. 112 - 113 figs. 3.8, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCyphaspidesNovak 1890
speciespankowskiorum

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.

Cyphaspides pankowskiorum Chatterton et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Eifelian or 393.30000 to 389.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eifelian393.3 - 389.6Morocco (Errachidia) Cyphaspides pankowskiorum (type locality: 235080)