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Ptychaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Ptychaspis was named by Hall (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,464].

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ptychaspis Hall
1933Asioptychaspis Kobayashi
2002Ptychaspis Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Ptychaspis 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
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusPtychaspisHall 1863

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. †Ptychaspis Hall 1863
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Ptychaspis granulosa Owen 1852
Ptychaspis minuta Whitfield 1878
Ptychaspis pustulosa Hall and Whitfield 1877
Ptychaspis tuberosa Feniak 1952
Invalid names: Asioptychaspis Kobayashi 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available