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Meteoraspis
Taxonomy
Meteoraspis was named by Resser (1935). Its type is Ptychoparia metra.
It was assigned to Crepicephalidae by Lochman (1938); to Tricrepicephalidae by Palmer (1954) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Crepicephalidae by Lochman (1938); to Tricrepicephalidae by Palmer (1954) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Meteoraspis Resser pp. 40 - 41 |
| 1937 | Coleopachys Raymond |
| 1938 | Meteoraspis Lochman |
| 1954 | Meteoraspis Palmer p. 752 |
| 2002 | Meteoraspis Jell and Adrain p. 406 |
| 2002 | Meteoraspis Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Meteoraspis Resser 1935
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†Meteoraspis borealis Lochman 1938
†Meteoraspis metra Walcott 1890
†Meteoraspis mutica Rasetti 1961
†Meteoraspis orientalis Yuan and Yin 1998
Invalid names: Coleopachys Raymond 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Idamean or 500.50000 to 494.00000 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cambrian | USA (South Dakota) | M. sp. (231) | |
| Menevian | USA (Utah) | M. dis (230681) | |
| Menevian | USA (South Dakota) | M. robusta (8242) | |
| Marjumian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. indet. (219682) | |
| Menevian - St Davids | USA (South Dakota) | M. keeganensis (8198) | |
| Guzhangian | Canada (Newfoundland) | M. borealis (198257 198258) | |
| Guzhangian | China (Hunan) | M. orientalis (49182) | |
| Guzhangian | China (Guizhou) | M. orientalis (125073) | |
| Guzhangian | USA (Texas) | M. loisi (208705) M. metra (208660 208678 208680 208681 208683 208685 208686 208728 208755 208847 208848 208850 208986) M. robusta (208649 208669 208730 208731) | |
| Mindyallan - Idamean | Australia (Victoria) | M. etheridgei (64043) | |
| Paibian | China (Hunan) | M. orientalis (126284) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (224 225) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Virginia) | M. mutica (62201) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (South Dakota) | M. metra (7199) | |
| Furongian | USA (Utah) | M. sp. (156419 156423 156427) |