Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Chasmataspidida

Main Groups of Lamellipedian Arthropods

After Kazlev, 2000, and “Wikipedia”, 2012

<==o †Chasmataspidida Caster & Brooks, 1956 [Diploaspidida Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1978]
   |?- †“Eurypterus” stoermeri Novojilov, 1959
   |--o †Chasmataspidae Caster & Brooks, 1956
   |  `-- †Chasmataspis laurencii Caster & Brooks, 1956; Ord. NAm.
   `--o †Diploaspididae Størmer, 1972 [Heteroaspididae Størmer, 1972]
      |-- †Achanarraspis reedi Anderson, Dunlop & Trewin, 2000; Dev. WEu.
      |--o †Diploaspis Størmer, 1972 [Heteroaspis Størmer, 1972] Dev. CEu.
      |  |-- †D. casteri Størmer, 1972 [Heteroaspis novojilovi Størmer, 1972]
      |  `-- †D. muelleri Poschmann, Anderson & Dunlop, 2005
      |-- †Forfarella mitchelli Dunlop, Anderson & Braddy, 19994; Dev. WEu.
      |-- †Loganamaraspis dunlopi Tetlie & Braddy, 2004; Dev. WEu.
      `-- †Octoberaspis ushakovi Dunlop, 2002; Dev. NEEu.

Reference(s):

• Anomymous, 2012: Chasmataspidida [visited: 2013-01-22]
  –iNet: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasmataspidida [last updated: 2012-11-07]
• Kazlev, M. A., 2000: Order (and Class?) Chasmataspida.
  –iNet: The Kheper site: http://www.kheper.auz.com/gaia/biosphere/arthropods/chasmataspida/index.html
• Lamsdell, J. C., 2013: Revised systematics of Palaeozoic ‘horseshoe crabs’ and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura.
  –Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 167, #1, pp. 1-27 [doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x]

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