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Cyphaspis heisingi

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis heisingi was named by Van Viersen and Holland (2016). Its type specimen is IRSNB a13011, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. barrandei, C. buchbergeri, C. hoepfneri, C. lowei, C. munii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cyphaspis heisingi Van Viersen and Holland pp. 265-267

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusCyphaspisBurmeister 1843
speciesheisingi

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.

†Cyphaspis heisingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
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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
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available