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Glaphurus pustulatus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae

Taxonomy
Arionellus pustulatus was named by Walcott (1877) [Lectotype designated by Shaw (1968).]. Its type specimen is MCZ 7566B (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Glaphurus, Acidaspis (Glaphurus).

It was recombined as Acidaspis (Glaphurus) pustulatus by Raymond (1905); it was recombined as Glaphurus pustulatus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. altaicus, G. coronatus, G. crinitus, G. radialis

Synonyms
  • Sao lamottensis was named by Whitfield (1886).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Glaphurus pustulatus by Raymond (1905).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Arionellus pustulatus Walcott p. 15 figs. no. fig.
1886Sao lamottensis Whitfield p. 334 figs. Pl. 33, Figs. 9-11
1905Acidaspis (Glaphurus) pustulatus Raymond p. 357
2002Glaphurus pustulatus Jell and Adrain p. 378

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyRaymondinidaeClark 1924
genusGlaphurusRaymond 1905
speciespustulatus(Walcott 1877)

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.

†Glaphurus pustulatus Walcott 1877
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Invalid names: Sao lamottensis Whitfield 1886 [synonym]
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-02 06:54:19
Modified: 2010-01-02 08:54:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Ashbyan or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Glaphurus pustulatus (171798 172171 172316 172317 172320 172337 172639)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Glaphurus pustulatus (103281 103289)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Glaphurus pustulatus (103013 103280 103283 103301 103305 103310 103316)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Glaphurus pustulatus (89040)