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Taxonomy
Asaphus was named by Brongniart (1822). Its type is Entomostracites expansus.
It was reranked as Amphion (Asaphus) by Eichwald (1840).
It was assigned to Amphion by Eichwald (1840); to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849), Henningsmoen (1960), Owen and Bruton (1980); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was reranked as Amphion (Asaphus) by Eichwald (1840).
It was assigned to Amphion by Eichwald (1840); to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849), Henningsmoen (1960), Owen and Bruton (1980); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Asaphus Brongniart |
| 1840 | Amphion (Asaphus) Eichwald |
| 1849 | Asaphus M'Coy p. 399 |
| 1953 | Schizophorus Balashova |
| 1960 | Asaphus Henningsmoen |
| 1980 | Asaphus Owen and Bruton |
| 2002 | Asaphus Jell and Adrain p. 345 |
| 2002 | Asaphus 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. †Asaphus Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Asaphus (Ampyx) Dalman 1827
Subg. †Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart 1822
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†Asaphus (Asaphus) broggeri Schmidt 1901
†Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
†Asaphus (Asaphus) raniceps Dalman 1827
†Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius Törnquist 1884
Subg. †Asaphus (Platypeltis) Callaway 1877
Subg. †Asaphus (Subasaphus) Balashova 1976
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Invalid names: Asaphus (Platyasaphus) Ivantsov 2000 [synonym]
†Asaphus auriculatus Dalman 1827
†Asaphus broeggeri Schmidt 1901
†Asaphus caribouensis Walcott 1884
†Asaphus caudatus Sedgwick 1845
†Asaphus curiosa Billings 1865
†Asaphus delfinus Lawrow 1856
†Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824
†Asaphus heckeri Ivantsov 2000
†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
†Asaphus knyrkoi Schmidt 1901
†Asaphus striatus Boeck 1838
Invalid names: Schizophorus Balashova 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available