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Asaphellus jujuanus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Asaphellus jujuanus Harrington
1957Asaphellus jujuanus Harrington and Leanza
2014Asaphellus jujuanus Tortello and Esteban p. 936

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877
speciesjujuanus

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.

Asaphellus jujuanus Harrington 1937
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban 2014A species of Asaphellus with exoskeleton of large size, flat or very slightly convex; posterior facial suture transverse, strongly directed outward; genal spines small; pygidial axis long and narrow, with traces of five rings on its anterior part; pleural fields smooth or with very faint indications of five or six pleural furrows; pygidial border well-developed, depressed (emended from Harrington and Leanza, 1957).