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Neoasaphus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy

Asaphus (Neoasaphus) was named by Jaanusson (1953). Its type is Asaphus ludibundus.

It was reranked as Neoasaphus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Asaphus by Henningsmoen (1960); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Subtaxa

Species lacking formal opinion data

Asaphus cornutus, Asaphus cornutus, Asaphus itferensis, Asaphus laevissimus, Asaphus latus, Asaphus levissimus, Asaphus platyurus, Asaphus robergi

Synonyms

Trematophorus was named by Balashova (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoasaphus by Jell and Adrain (2002), Bentley et al. (2006).
Multiasaphus was named by Balashova (1976).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoasaphus by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Postasaphus was named by Balashova (1976).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoasaphus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Trematophorus Balashova
1953	Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Jaanusson
1960	Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Henningsmoen
1976	Multiasaphus Balashova
1976	Postasaphus Balashova
2002	Neoasaphus Jell and Adrain p. 466

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Asaphidae	Burmeister 1843
genus	Neoasaphus	(Jaanusson 1953)

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. †Neoasaphus Jaanusson 1953

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†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) bottnicus Jaanusson 1953

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) branconis Pompecki 1890

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus Pander 1830

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Invalid names: Asaphus oculosus Pompecki 1890 [synonym]

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata Angelin 1854

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabratus Angelin 1854

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Henningsmoen 1960

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii Lawrow 1856

†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) laevissimus Schmidt 1898