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Aulacoparia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Aulacoparia was named by Hintze and Jaanusson (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Asaphellus venta.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
A. (Aulacoparia), A. (Aulacoparina)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. huygenae, A. impressa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Aulacoparia Hintze and Jaanusson p. 51
2002Aulacoparia Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Aulacoparia Sepkoski

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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
genusAulacoparia

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. †Aulacoparia Hintze and Jaanusson 1956
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Subg. †Aulacoparia (Aulacoparia) Hintze and Jaanusson 1956
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Subg. †Aulacoparia (Aulacoparina) Hintze and Jaanusson 1956
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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: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:43:24
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:43:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) A. sculpta (10943 10944 10945 10946 10947 10948 10949 10950 10951 10952 10954 10955 10956 10958)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (New Mexico) A. huygenae (56479 56481 56482)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) Asaphellus quadrata (104111)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) A. sp. (228265) A. sp. 7 (228283)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) A. sp. (103820 228266 228267) A. sp. 4, A. sp. 5 (228282) A. sp. 8 (228285) A. sp. 8, A. venta (228299) A. sp. 9 (228300)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) Asaphellus quadrata (104070 104071 104072 104079 104085 104086 104087 104088 104113 105773) Asaphellus venta (104081 104089 104090 104091 104092 104100 104103) A. sp. 6 (228303) A. venta (228284)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Nevada) A. venta (291 104545)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) A. wibauxensis (174363 174452) A. wibauxensis, A. impressa (174361 174362) Aulacoparina sp. (287)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (North Dakota) A. sp. (413)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) A. sp. (104338)