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Gaphuraspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Gaphuraspis was named by Ivshin (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Wolfart (1994), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Gaphuraspis Ivshin
1994Gaphuraspis Wolfart p. 33
2002Gaphuraspis 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusGaphuraspisIvshin 1957

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. †Gaphuraspis Ivshin 1957
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully-motile fast, surface deposit-feeder.g
Created: 2009-09-21 20:42:02
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:42:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Amgan to the top of the Undillan or 508.20000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) G. sp. (81437)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica G. pulchella, G. procera (69505)