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Quebecaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Quebecaspis was named by Rasetti (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Quebecaspis breviceps.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lonchocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Q. breviceps (type species), Q. conifrons, Q. marylandica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Q. aspinosa, Q. hemiphaerica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Quebecaspis Rasetti p. 254
2002Quebecaspis Jell and Adrain p. 437
2002Quebecaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusQuebecaspis

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. †Quebecaspis Rasetti 1944
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†Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti 1944
†Quebecaspis conifrons Rasetti 1961
†Quebecaspis marylandica Rasetti 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available