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Hoekaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Hoekaspis was named by Kobayashi (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ogygiinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Isotelinae by Harrington et al. (1959); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Hoekaspis Kobayashi
1957Hoekaspis Harrington and Leanza
1959Hoekaspis Harrington et al. p. 346
2002Hoekaspis Jell and Adrain p. 384
2002Hoekaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyIsotelinaeAngelin 1854
genusHoekaspisKobayashi 1937

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. †Hoekaspis Kobayashi 1937
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†Hoekaspis schlagintweiti Harrington and Leanza 1942
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
Folds: noneg
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: 2009-06-09 09:41:19
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:41:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Arenig or 470.00000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Tarija) H. sp. (9107)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia H. sp. (8846 9103)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco H. sp. (20997)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Avilés) H. sp. (9104)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina H. sp. (8777)
Volkhov - Arenig471.1 - 466.0Argentina H. sp. (8865)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) H. sp. (20825)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Bolivia (Capinota) H. metacensis (8782)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina H. sp. (9026)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina (Jujuy) H. diablensis (167379) H. sp. (8778)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina H. schlagintweiti (8893)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Bolivia (Nor Cinti) H. yahuari (9112)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina (Salta) H. schlagintweiti (115710)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Argentina (Jujuy) H. schlagintweiti (9063 9064 9065 9089 115676 115678)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Bolivia H. yahuari, H. sp. (145517)