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Cyphaspis

Taxonomy
Cyphaspis was named by Burmeister (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 378,421]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Otarioninae by Adrain and Kloc (1997); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Cyphaspis Burmeister p. 147
1997Cyphaspis Adrain and Kloc p. 705
2002Cyphaspis Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Cyphaspis Jell and Adrain

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