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Asaphellus aspinus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus aspinus was named by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 158906, a cephalon/head (librigenae), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Asaphellus aspinus Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 781

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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
speciesaspinus

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 aspinus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:35:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:35:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Furongian to the top of the Tremadoc or 497.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina Asaphellus aspinus (115455 115456 115457)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (Jujuy) Asaphellus aspinus (115420)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Asaphellus aspinus (9842 9851)