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Welleraspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Welleraspis was named by Kobayashi (1935). Its type is Liostracus jerseyensis.

It was assigned to Lonchocephalidae by Westrop (1992); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catillicephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Welleraspis Kobayashi
1940Avonaspis Lochman
1992Welleraspis Westrop
2002Welleraspis Jell and Adrain p. 459
2002Welleraspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusWelleraspisKobayashi 1935

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. †Welleraspis Kobayashi 1935
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Welleraspis jerseyensis Weller 1990
Invalid names: Avonaspis Lochman 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available