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Kayseraspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Kayseraspis was named by Harrington (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 565]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Megalaspidella (Kayseraspis) by Harrington et al. (1959).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Kayseraspis Harrington
1957Kayseraspis Harrington and Leanza
1959Megalaspidella (Kayseraspis) Harrington et al. p. 347
2002Kayseraspis Jell and Adrain p. 392
2002Kayseraspis 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
genusKayseraspisHarrington 1938

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. †Kayseraspis Harrington 1938
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Subg. †Kayseraspis (Plesiomegalaspis) Thoral 1946
Kayseraspis asaphelloides Harrington 1938
Kayseraspis brackebuschi Harrington 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available