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Comptonaspis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Comptonaspis was named by Brenzinski (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phillipsiidae by Brezinski (2000); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cummingellinae by Lerosey-Aubril (2012).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Comptonaspis Brenzinski
2000Comptonaspis Brezinski p. 1055
2002Comptonaspis Jell and Adrain p. 359
2002Comptonaspis Sepkoski
2012Comptonaspis Lerosey-Aubril p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusComptonaspisBrenzinski 1988

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. †Comptonaspis Brenzinski 1988
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Comptonaspis swallowi Shumard 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 360.70000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Missouri) Breviphillipsia swallowi (7390)
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (New Mexico) C. swallowi (64752 64753 64754)