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Asaphiscus calanus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphiscus calanus was named by Walcott (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 62789-90 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Coosia calanus by Resser (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Asaphiscus calanus Walcott p. 384 figs. pl. 61, figs. 8, 8a
1935Coosia calanus Resser p. 21

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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
subfamilyOgygiocarinaeRaymond 1913
genusAsaphiscusMeek 1873
speciescalanus

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.

†Asaphiscus calanus Walcott 1916
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Diagnosis
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