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Peraspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Peraspis was named by Whittington (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llde Sepkoski's reference number: 383]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nileidae by Fortey (1975) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Peraspis Whittington
1975Peraspis Fortey
2002Peraspis Jell and Adrain p. 423
2002Peraspis 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
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPeraspisWhittington 1965

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. †Peraspis Whittington 1965
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Peraspis erugata Ross 1970
Peraspis kolouros Norford and Ross 1978
Peraspis lineolata Raymond 1925
Peraspis omega Fortey 1975
Peraspis yukonensis Dean 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available