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Brachyaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Brachyaspis was named by Salter (1866).

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Warburg (1925) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Brachyaspis Salter
1925Brachyaspis Warburg
2002Brachyaspis Jell and Adrain p. 351

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusBrachyaspisSalter 1866

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. †Brachyaspis Salter 1866
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Brachyaspis alacer Billings 1866
Brachyaspis altilis Raymond 1912
Brachyaspis australis Whittington 1954
Brachyaspis leptaenarum Warburg 1925
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Richmondian or 448.80000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) B. leptaenarum (73413)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) B. schucherti (37797)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) B. alacer (63675)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo-Asker) B. sp. (366)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) B. sp. (365)