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Aulacopleuridae
Taxonomy
Aulacopleuridae was named by Angelin (1854). It is not extant. Its type is Aulacopleura.
It was assigned to Aulacopleuracea by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Proetida by Thomas and Owens (1978), Whittington et al. (1997) and Owens and Fortey (2009); to Aulacopleurida by Adrain (2011); and to Aulacopleuroidea by Adrain and Kloc (1997) and Lamsdell and Selden (2015).
It was assigned to Aulacopleuracea by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Proetida by Thomas and Owens (1978), Whittington et al. (1997) and Owens and Fortey (2009); to Aulacopleurida by Adrain (2011); and to Aulacopleuroidea by Adrain and Kloc (1997) and Lamsdell and Selden (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Aulacopleuridae Angelin pp. 1-24 |
| 1972 | Pseudotrinodidae Koashibay and Hamada |
| 1978 | Aulacopleuridae Thomas and Owens p. 65 |
| 1990 | Aulacopleuridae Owens and Hammann |
| 1997 | Aulacopleuridae Adrain and Kloc p. 705 |
| 1997 | Aulacopleuridae Whittington et al. p. 300 |
| 2009 | Aulacopleuridae Owens and Fortey |
| 2011 | Aulacopleuridae Adrain p. 106 |
| 2015 | Aulacopleuridae Lamsdell and Selden p. 381 |
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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.
Fm. †Aulacopleuridae Angelin 1854
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G. †Aulacopleura Hawle and Corda 1847
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Subg. †Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) Chaubet 1937
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†Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) reedi Pribyl 1947
Invalid names: Arethusina Barrande 1846 [objective synonym]
Subfm. †Aulacopleurinae Angelin 1854
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G. †Harpidella M'Coy 1849
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Subg. †Harpidella (Harpidella) McCoy 1849
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†Harpidella (Harpidella) newlandensis Begg 1950
†Harpidella (Harpidella) thomasi Clarkson and Howells 1981
†Harpidella beggi Tripp 1954
†Harpidella isoplates Tripp 1954
†Harpidella megalops McCoy 1846
†Harpidella minima Schuchert and Cooper 1930
†Harpidella occidentalis Owen 1981
†Harpidella tridens Ingham 1970
Invalid names: Rhinotarion Whittington and Campbell 1967 [synonym]
G. †Otarionides Alberti 1969
G. †Pseudotrinodus Kobayashi and Hamada 1971
G. †Coignops Gandl 1980
G. †Cyphaspides Novak 1890
G. †Dixiphopyge Brezinski 1988
G. †Malimanaspis Baldis and Longobucco 1977
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Invalid names: Goodsiraspis Adrain and Chatterton 1993 [synonym]
G. †Maurotarion Alberti 1969
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†Maurotarion minuscula Hall 1876
†Maurotarion struszi Chatterton 1971
†Maurotarion zlichovensis Pribyl and Vanek 1981
Invalid names: Branisella Pribyl and Vanek 1981 [synonym], Goniopleura Hawle and Corda 1847 [nomen oblitum], Tricornotarion Chatterton 1971 [synonym]
G. †Nitidocare Pribyl and Vanek 1985
G. †Songkania Chang 1974
Invalid names: Pseudotrinodidae Koashibay and Hamada 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 470.00000 to 352.00000 Ma
Collections (207 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arenigian | China (Hubei) | Aulacopleura dawanensis (116203) | |
| Dapingian | China (Hubei) | Aulacopleura dawanensis (116200 221220) | |
| Soudleyan | Ireland (Lenister) | Harpidella sp. (55711) | |
| Aurelucian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Harpidella sp. (181539) | |
| Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | Norway | Harpidella sp. (2948) | |
| Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | Norway (Oslo) | Harpidella sp. (2762) | |
| Sandbian | Russian Federation | Harpidella triloba (116243) | |
| Sandbian | USA (Virginia) | Harpidella sp. (178255 178256 178257) | |
| Sandbian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Harpidella sp. (208117 208121 208122 208125 208129) Harpidella tumida, Harpidella sp., Otarion reedi (208120) | |
| Caradoc | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Otarion isoplates, Otarion beggi (188938) | |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Eifelian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | Aulacopleura bohemica, Cyphaspides sp. (5768 5865) Cyphaspides spp. (25118) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Cyphaspis minuscula (232686) | |
| Eifelian | Germany | Cyphaspides sp. (229262) | |
| Eifelian | USA (New York) | Cyphaspis minuscula (219872) | |
| Eifelian | Czech Republic | Aulacopleura bohemica, Aulacopleura beyrichi, Cyphaspides holynensis (10474) | |
| Eifelian | Czech Republic (Koneprusy) | Cyphaspides holynensis (12257) | |
| Eifelian | China (Guangxi) | Aulacopleura sp., Cyphaspides sp. (27556 27559) Cyphaspides orientalis, Cyphaspides paradoxus (25817) Cyphaspides sp. (27558 27560) | |
| Givetian | Germany | Cyphaspides truncatus (5907) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Iowa) | Harpidella brandonensis (94212) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (New Mexico) | Dixiphopyge armata (64752 64753) | |