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Basilicus (Basiliella)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Basiliella was named by Kobayashi (1934).

It was reranked as Basilicus (Basiliella) by Zhou and Fortey (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Basilicus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Asaphinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Basilicus by Zhou and Fortey (1986); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Basiliella Kobayashi
1957Basiliella Harrington and Leanza
1986Basilicus (Basiliella) Zhou and Fortey
2002Basiliella Sepkoski

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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
genusBasilicusSalter 1849
subgenusBasiliella(Kobayashi 1934)

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.

Subg. †Basilicus (Basiliella) Kobayashi 1934
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Invalid names: Asaphus marginalis Hall 1847 [synonym]
†Basiliella karmbergensis Edgecombe and Webby 2007
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:45:35
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:45:35
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 Dawan to the top of the Rocklandian or 478.60000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ZheJiang) Basiliella sp. (7780)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia Basiliella sp. (8841)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Colombia Basiliella sp. (8864)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) Basiliella sp. (7759)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Basiliella sp. (9011)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ShanXi) Basiliella sp. (8000)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan and Hubei) Basiliella sp. (7717)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanXi) Basiliella sp. (8002)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Basiliella sp. (20826)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) Basiliella sp. (8555)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (NingXia) Basiliella sp. (20766)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) Basiliella sp. (7361)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Basiliella sp. (20824)
Arenig - Late/Upper Llandeilo478.6 - 458.4China (ShanXi) Basiliella sp. (7919)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Zagora) Basilicus destombesi (182906)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) Basilicus destombesi (166731)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Basiliella sp. (20825)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Basiliella barrandi (23122)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Asaphus marginalis (172352)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Asaphus marginalis (56212 172317 172321)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Basilicus whittingtoni (103285 103286)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Basilicus whittingtoni (103311)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina Basiliella sp. (8748 9026)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Guadalajara) Basilicus destombesi (20914)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (ShanXi) Basiliella sp. (8532)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Guizhou) Basiliella sp. (7384)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9North Korea Basiliella pyriformis (56174)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (GanSu) Basiliella sp. (8578)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hubei) Basiliella sp. (7725)
Costonian - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (GanSu) Basiliella sp. (8548)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7China Basilicus sp. (187887)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (YunNan) Basiliella sp. (7743)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5China Basilicus sp. (187885)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Russian Federation Basiliella sp. (160531)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Basiliella barrandi (23789 23790 23791 23792)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa/Wisconsin) Basiliella barrandi (23118 23119 23120)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Basiliella barrandi (23276)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (ShanXi) Basiliella sp. (7885)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (YunNan) Basiliella sp. (7744)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) Basiliella sp. (7779)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Basiliella fortis, Basiliella sp., Basiliella karmbergensis (188479)