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Pseudogriphasaphus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Pseudogriphasaphus was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type is Pseudogriphasaphus hunanensis.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
P. hunanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pseudogriphasaphus Peng
2002Pseudogriphasaphus Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPseudogriphasaphus

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. †Pseudogriphasaphus Peng 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) P. hunanensis (107326 126719 126720)