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Asaphus gigas

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus (Isotelus) gigas was named by Dekay (1824). It is the type species of Isotelus.

It was recombined as Asaphus gigas by Nicholson and Etheridge (1880); it was recombined as Isotelus gigas by Bigsby (1868) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Asaphus (Isotelus) gigas Dekay
1868Isotelus gigas Bigsby p. 56
1880Asaphus gigas Nicholson and Etheridge pp. 153 - 154 figs. PI. X., figs. 18, 19
2002Isotelus gigas Jell and Adrain p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
speciesgigas(Dekay 1824)

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.

Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available