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Glaphyraspis parva

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Liostracus parvus was named by Walcott (1899). It is not extant. It is the type species of Liostracus.

It was recombined as Glaphyraspis parva by Resser (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Liostracus parvus Walcott p. 463 figs. pl. 65, fig. 6
1937Glaphyraspis parva Resser p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusGlaphyraspisResser 1937
speciesparva(Walcott 1899)

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.

Glaphyraspis parva Walcott 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:26:08
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:26:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Montana) Glaphyraspis parva (8662)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (South Dakota) Glaphyraspis parva (7293 7376 7378 7397 7401 7685 8022)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Glaphyraspis parva (7185 7194 7195)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Glaphyraspis parva (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Glaphyraspis parva (55223 55280 55282)