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Megalaspides
Taxonomy
Megalaspides was named by Brögger (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795].
It was assigned to Isotelinae by Fortey (1975); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
It was assigned to Isotelinae by Fortey (1975); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
Anataphrus, Araiocaris, Asaphellus (syn. Asaphoon, Plesiomegalaspis), Asaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Basilicus (syn. Mekynophrys, Parabasilicus), Bellefontia, Birmanites (syn. Opsimasaphus), Bohemopyge, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Ekeraspis, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Hemigyraspis, Homotelus, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isoteloides, Isotelus, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lapidaria, Liomegalaspides, Lisogorites (syn. Tangyaia), Megalaspidella, Megistaspis (syn. Megalaspis), Merlinia, Nahannia, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Niobe, Niobella, Niobides, Niobina, Nobiliasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogyginus, Ogygiocarella, Ogygiocaris, Ogygites, Ogygitoides, Onchometopus, Parabellefontia, Paramegalaspis, Paratamdaspis, Penchiopsis, Plectasaphus, Presbynileus (syn. Paranileus), Promegalaspides, Protopresbynileus (syn. Pseudonileus), Pseudoasaphus, Pseudobasilicus, Pseudogriphasaphus, Pseudogygites, Pseudomegalaspis, Psilocephalina, Ptychopyge, Ptyocephalus, Sanbernardaspis, Schizophorus, Stegnopsis, Stenorhachis, Suriaspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Vogdesia, Xenostegium, Zhenganites (syn. Eosoptychopyge), Zuninaspis
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Megalaspides Brögger |
| 1975 | Megalaspides Fortey |
| 2002 | Megalaspides Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Megalaspides Jell and Adrain p. 404 |
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