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Cyphaspides

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspides was named by Novak (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106].

It was assigned to Aulacopleurinae by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cyphaspides Novak
1978Cyphaspides Thomas and Owens p. 70
2002Cyphaspides Jell and Adrain p. 363
2002Cyphaspides Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCyphaspidesNovak 1890

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. †Cyphaspides Novak 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Givetian or 410.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) C. cerberus (12183)
Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic C. sp. (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic C. sp. (12148)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic C. comatus (12102 12103) C. comatus, C. svobodai (12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic C. comatus (10372) C. comatus, C. svobodai (10379)
Daleje - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Czech Republic C. cerberus (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco C. sp. (208204)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) C. scuticauda (229648)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco C. sp. (27052) C. sp. A (27119 27124)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) C. sp. (5768 5865) C. spp. (25118)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic C. holynensis (10474)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) C. holynensis (12040 12041)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) C. orientalis, C. paradoxus (25817) C. sp. (27556 27558 27559 27560)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) C. holynensis (12257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany C. sp. (229262)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany C. truncatus (5907)