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Ascetopeltis

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Ascetopeltis was named by Owens (1973) [Ascopeltis: Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l O Ashg-m Ascetopeltis: Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m O Ashg-m [378] Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 933]. Its type is Ascetopeltis bockeliei.

It was assigned to Proetinae by Owens (1973) and Owen (1981); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Tropidocoryphidae by Parnäste et al. (2009); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002) and Keulen and Rhebergen (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Ascetopeltis Owens pp. 125 - 126
1981Ascetopeltis Owen
2002Ascetopeltis Jell and Adrain pp. 345, 476
2002Ascetopeltis Sepkoski
2009Ascetopeltis Parnäste et al. p. 12
2017Ascetopeltis Keulen and Rhebergen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusAscetopeltis

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. †Ascetopeltis Owens 1973
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Ascetopeltis bockeliei Owens 1973
Ascetopeltis lepta Owens 1973
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Owens 1973Preglabellar field, when present, is very short (sag.); palpebral lobe large to rather small; occipital ring may or may not narrow abaxially; small, ill-defined lateral occipital lobes present; panderian notch present on cephalic doublure at base of genal spine; thorax of ten segments, preannulus present; pygidium broadly triangulate, without border; broad, bluntly ter­ minating axis with 4-5 rings, separated by very shallow interannular furrows; pleural areas with 3-4 pleural ribs, with pleural and interpleural furrows of about the same depth; sculpture smooth or striate, the striae aften inter­ spersed with sporadic granules.