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Asaphellus catamarcensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Discussion

Lectotype designated by Maroi Arcerito et al 2015

Taxonomy
Asaphellus catamarcensis was named by Kobayashi (1935). Its type specimen is USNM-PAL941136D (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cianus, A. convexus, A. elizabethae, A. eudocia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Asaphellus catamarcensis Kobayashi
1957Asaphellus catamarcensis Harrington and Leanza
2016Asaphellus catamarcensis Tortello and Esteban p. 934

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877
speciescatamarcensisKobayashi 1935

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 catamarcensis Kobayashi 1935
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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 et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.40000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Asaphellus catamarcensis (9084 115681)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) Asaphellus catamarcensis (116138)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina Asaphellus catamarcensis (208285 208286)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Asaphellus catamarcensis (9086 9088 9094 9097 9100 115582 115650 115651 115652 115653 115654 115655 115658 115662 115664 115665 115666 115667 115668 115669 115670 115671)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (La Rioja) Asaphellus catamarcensis (116139)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Asaphellus catamarcensis (115698 115699 115700 115723 115769 115783 115785 115806 115813 115818 115826 115831 115834 115836 115837 115840 115982 115987 115988 115992 116000 116025 116026 116027 116043 116048 116050 116051 116052 116054 116067 116068 116070 116072 116073 116074 116079 116080 116084 116086 116087)