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Derikaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Derikaspis was named by Dean (1982). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ordosiidae by Dean (1982); and to Proasaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Derikaspis Dean p. 2
2002Derikaspis Jell and Adrain p. 365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusDerikaspis

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.

G. †Derikaspis Dean 1982
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-02 08:50:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:50:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Türkiye D. toluni (69933 69934 69935 69936 69937 69938 69956 69957 69958 69963)
Taijangian - Wangcunian506.5 - 497.0Türkiye D. sp. (133712 133713 133714)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Türkiye D. sp. (155555 155559)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Türkiye D. sp. (155558)