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Aphelaspidae
Taxonomy
Aphelaspididae was named by Palmer (1960).
It was corrected as Aphelaspidae by Chatterton (2020).
It was assigned to Asaphida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Olenida by Adrain (2011) and Chatterton (2020).
It was corrected as Aphelaspidae by Chatterton (2020).
It was assigned to Asaphida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Olenida by Adrain (2011) and Chatterton (2020).
Subtaxa
Amorphella, Aphelaspis (syn. Labiostria, Proaulacopleura, Clevelandella), Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kazakhius (syn. Elegantaspis), Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus (syn. Pterocephalina), Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Aphelaspididae Palmer |
| 2002 | Aphelaspididae Jell and Adrain p. 466 |
| 2011 | Aphelaspididae Adrain p. 107 |
| 2020 | Aphelaspidae Chatterton p. 670 |
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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.
Fm. †Aphelaspidae Palmer 1960
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G. †Aphelaspis Resser 1935
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†Aphelaspis australis Henderson 1976
†Aphelaspis brachyphasis Palmer 1962
†Aphelaspis buttsi Kobayashi 1936
†Aphelaspis constricta Palmer 1954
†Aphelaspis granulata Kuo 1963
†Aphelaspis longifrons Palmer 1954
†Aphelaspis longispina Palmer 1965
†Aphelaspis spinosa Palmer 1954
†Aphelaspis subditus Palmer 1962
Invalid names: Clevelandella Resser 1938 [synonym], Labiostria Palmer 1954 [synonym], Proaulacopleura Kobayashi 1936 [synonym]
G. †Apheloides Ivshin 1962
G. †Dicanthopyge Palmer 1965
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†Dicanthopyge convergens Palmer 1965
†Dicanthopyge quadrata Palmer 1965
†Dicanthopyge reductus Palmer 1965
G. †Erixanium Opik 1963
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†Erixanium carinatum Palmer 1965
†Erixanium multisegmentus Palmer 1965
†Erixanium rectangularis Lu and Lin 1983
†Erixanium sentum Opik 1963
G. †Eugonocare Whitehouse 1939
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†Eugonocare tessellatum Whitehouse 1939
†Eugonocare whitehousei Henderson 1976
G. †Kazakhius Özdikmen 2006
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†Kazakhius elegantulus Ivshin 1962
Invalid names: Elegantaspis Ivshin 1962 [replaced]
G. †Kobayashella Ivshin 1962
G. †Litocephalus Resser 1937
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†Litocephalus granulomarginatus Palmer 1960
†Litocephalus magnus Palmer 1965
†Litocephalus verruculapeza Palmer 1960
Invalid names: Pterocephalina Resser 1938 [synonym]
G. †Maduiya Rozova 1963
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†Maduiya composita Rozova 1963
†Maduiya maduensis Rozova 1963
†Maduiya sibirica Rozova 1963
G. †Nganasanella Rozova 1963
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†Nganasanella interminata Rozova 1964
†Nganasanella nganasanensis Rozova 1963
†Nganasanella tavgaensis Rozova 1963
G. †Notoaphelaspis Powell et al. 1982
G. †Olenaspella Wilson 1956
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†Eugonocare (Olenaspella) cylindrata Peng 1992
†Eugonocare (Olenaspella) separatum Palmer 1962
†Olenaspella consimila Ergaliev 1980
†Olenaspella evansi Kobayashi 1936
†Olenaspella paucisegmenta Palmer 1965
†Olenaspella regularis Palmer 1962
G. †Pseudeugonocare Peng 1992
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†Eugonocare (Pseudeugonocare) bispinatum Kobayashi 1962
†Eugonocare (Pseudeugonocare) camptodromum Peng 1992
†Eugonocare (Pseudeugonocare) hunanense Zhou 1977
G. †Taenicephalites Rasetti 1961
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†Taenicephalites macrops Rasetti 1961
†Taenicephalites plerus Shergold 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Warendian or 500.50000 to 478.60000 Ma
Collections (264 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cambrian | USA (Georgia) | Asphelaspis hamblensis (164675) | |
| Mayan | Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) | Nganasanella sp. (10175) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Alabama) | Aphelaspis buttsi (75643) Aphelaspis sp. (75642) | |
| Guzhangian | Spain | Aphelaspis rara, Elegantaspis beta (197252) | |
| Guzhangian | Turkey | Elegantaspis montis (133717) | |
| Guzhangian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Nganasanella interminata (132490 132491) | |
| Mindyallan - Idamean | Australia (Victoria) | Eugonocare tesselatum (64047) Eugonocare tessellatum (64043) | |
| Taoyuanian | China (Zhejiang) | Eugonocare camptodromum (128297 128298) Eugonocare cylindrata (128301 128306) | |
| Taoyuanian | South Korea | Pseudeugonocare bispinatum (133445 133446 133448 133449 133452 133453 133461 133465 133467 133472) | |
| Taoyuanian | China (Hunan) | Aphelaspis granulata, Eugonocare camptodromum, Eugonocare hunanense (126658) Eugonocare cylindrata (126687) Eugonocare cylindrata, Eugonocare hunanense (126688) | |
| Taoyuanian | Russian Federation (Sakha) | Amorphella modesta (133600 133602) | |
| Paibian - Guzhangian | Turkey | Elegantaspis montis (133718) | |
| Maentwrogian | Australia (Tasmania) | Aphelaspis cantori (8086) Eugonocare sp. (8084) | |
| Maentwrogian | Russian Federation | Nganasanella tavgaensis (81113) | |
| Ensyan | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Taenora platifrons (131072) | |
| Maduan | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Maduiya maduensis, Maduiya sibirica, Tamaranella bella (131070) Maduiya sibirica, Maduiya composita, Tamaranella bella (131069) Maduiya sp. (131344) Tamaranella bella (131071 131420) | |
| Nganasanian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Nganasanella nganasanensis (131065 131066 131342 131416) | |
| Idamean | Australia (Queensland) | Eugonocare whitehousei, Aphelaspis australis (235266 235267) | |
| Paibian | USA (Texas) | Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis longifrons (208743) Aphelaspis spinosa (208688 208702 208745) Aphelaspis walcotti (208614 208615 208617 208650 208651 208652 208653 208654 208655 208656 208657 208687 208691 208697 208698 208700 208701 208703 208722 208724 208725 208741 208742 208744 208746 208747 208748 208840 208841 208842 208990) Aphelaspis walcotti, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis longifrons (208690) Aphelaspis walcotti, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis longifrons, Labiostria conveximarginata (208982) Aphelaspis walcotti, Aphelaspis spinosa (208983) Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria conveximarginata (208613 208616 208689 208699 208980 208981) Labiostria conveximarginata (208692 208739 208829) Labiostria platifrons, Aphelaspis walcotti (208830) Labiostria sigmoidalis (208736 208826) | |
| Paibian | USA (Nevada) | Labiostria westropi (139707) | |
| Paibian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Erixanium sentum (132502 132503) Eugonocare tessellatum (132496) Eugonocare whitehousei (132498) Nganasanella interminata (132493) | |
| Paibian | China (Hunan) | Aphelaspis buttsi (126651) Erixanium sentum (124977) Erixanium sentum, Aphelaspis granulata (124978) Eugonocare hunanense (126655) | |
| Paibian | China (Zhejiang) | Erixanium rectangularis (125561 125690) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Tennessee) | Aphelaspis sp. (64609) | |
| Steptoean | USA (South Dakota) | Aphelaspis haguei (7293 7376 7378 7397 7398 7399 7401 7685 8022) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Montana) | Labiostria sp. (8662) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Virginia) | Aphelaspis quadrata (6960) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Texas) | Aphelaspis sp. (237) Aphelaspis walcotti (208992) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Nevada and Utah) | Erixanium sp. (74910) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Vermont) | Olenaspella angularis, Taenicephalites macrops (8977) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Nevada) | Aphelaspis haguei (114592 114593) Aphelaspis sp., Olenaspella sp. (64493) Aphelaspis subditus (111321) Aphelaspis subditus, Olenaspella regularis, Listroa toxoura (75737 110440) Aphelaspis subditus, Olenaspella regularis, Listroa toxoura, Dicanthopyge quadrata (75738) Dicanthopyge convergens (110442 114290 122126 122127) Dicanthopyge quadrata (114594 122124) Dicanthopyge quadrata, Olenaspella paucisegmenta (122125) Dicanthopyge reductus (114595 114596) Erixanium brachyaxis (110622) Erixanium brachyaxis, Erixanium multisegmentus (122139) Erixanium carinatum (111325) Erixanium multisegmentus (122134 122136 122137 122140 122141) Listroa toxoura, Dicanthopyge convergens, Olenaspella paucisegmenta (111322 111323) Litocephalus bilobatus (75270) Litocephalus granulomarginatus (75271) Litocephalus verruculapeza (110449) Olenaspella paucisegmenta (122128 122129 122130 122131 122133) Olenaspella regularis, Listroa toxoura, Dicanthopyge quadrata (110441) Taenora expansa (111326) | |
| Steptoean | Canada (British Columbia) | Eugonocare phillipi, Eugonocare sp., Olenaspella chrisnewi, Pseudeugonocare bispinatum, Labiostria gibbae (219685) Labiostria westropi (54074) | |
| Sakian | Kazakhstan | Erixanium carinatum (118309 118310 118313) Eugonocare tessellatum (118252 118253 118254 118255) Olenaspella consimila (118333 118336 118339 118341 118342 118344 118345 118346 118348) Olenaspella sp. (118262 118264 118304) Olenaspella sp., Erixanium carinatum (118305) Olenaspella sp., Eugonocare tessellatum (118260 118263) | |
| Sakian | Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) | Aphelaspis sp., Olentella sp., Maduiya formosa, Nganasanella sp. (10061) Aphelaspis sp., Olentella sp., Maduiya sp., Maduiya formosa, Nganasanella sp. (10063) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Virginia) | Taenicephalites macrops (62204 62205) | |
| Dresbachian | France | Olentella africana (56191) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Wyoming) | Aphelaspis walcotti (56145 56146) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (South Dakota ) | Aphelaspis sp. (235) | |
| Dresbachian | Canada (Yukon) | Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Olenaspella regularis, Labiostria conveximarginata (55278) Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Olenaspella regularis, Listroa toxoura (55223) Aphelaspis haguei, Eugonocare separatum (55280 55282) Aphelaspis ludvigsensis, Olenaspella sp., Erixanium denticulatum (55225) Aphelaspis ludvigsensis, Olentella sp. (55234) Aphelaspis stenygrogenae, Olenaspella evansi (55277) Aphelaspis stenygrogenae, Olenaspella regularis, Labiostria conveximarginata (55231) Erixanium denticulatum, Olenaspella evansi (55224) Litocephalus bilobatus (55232) Olenaspella evansi (55233) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Utah) | Dicanthopyge sp. (239) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Alaska) | Olenaspella evansi (64798 64800) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Tennessee) | Aphelaspis hamblenensis (156379) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Montana) | Aphelaspis sp., Labiostria sp. (236) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Nevada) | Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Olenaspella separata (75741 75742) Aphelaspis subditus, Listroa toxoura (75428) Erixanium multisegmentus, Litocephalus granulomarginatus (75437) Erixanium sp. (240 241) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (South Dakota) | Aphelaspis haguei (7185 7194 7195) | |
| Franconian | USA (Nevada) | Litocephalus magnus (75436) | |
| Franconian | Canada (British Columbia) | Labiostria sp. (50595) | |
| Furongian | USA (Utah) | Aphelaspis haguei (156409 156410) Aphelaspis sp. (156441 156442 156458 156477 156478) Dicanthopyge convergens (156408 156455) Dicanthopyge sp. (156456) Erixanium carinatum (156472) | |
| Steptoean - Dolgellian | USA (Nevada) | Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Olenaspella separata (10506) | |
| Tavgian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Nganasanella interminata (131343) Nganasanella tavgaensis, Nganasanella interminata (131067) Tamaranella bella (131418) | |
| Yurakian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) | Amorphella magna (131350) Amorphella modesta (131346 131401) Amorphella modesta, Amorphella magna (131096 131097 131405) Olentella shidertensis, Amorphella magna (131095) Olentella shidertensis, Amorphella modesta (131424) | |
| Iverian | Australia (Queensland) | Eugonocare sp. (228219) Taenicephalites plerus (228022 228023 228184 228191 228192 228193 228194 228195 228196 228197 228198 228199 228200 228201 228202 228203 228204 228218 228220 228223) Taenicephalites pleurus (228221) | |
| Warendian | Australia (Queensland) | Erixanium sentum (77657) |