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Setaspis

Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Taxonomy
Setaspis was named by Raasch (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1031]. Its type is Setaspis spinulosus.

It was assigned to Merostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aglaspididae by Størmer (1955), Hesselbo (1992), Ortega-Hernandez et al. (2013) and Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Species
S. regularis, S. spinulosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Setaspis Raasch
1955Setaspis Størmer p. 14
1992Setaspis Hesselbo p. 899
2002Setaspis Sepkoski
2013Setaspis Ortega-Hernandez et al. p. 17
2017Setaspis Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderAglaspidida(Walcott 1911)
familyAglaspididaeMiller 1877
genusSetaspisRaasch 1939

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. †Setaspis Raasch 1939
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Setaspis regularis Raasch 1939
Setaspis spinulosus Raasch 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available