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Kayseraspis asaphelloides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Kayseraspis asaphelloides was named by Harrington (1938). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Kayseraspis asaphelloides Harrington
1957Kayseraspis asaphelloides Harrington and Leanza

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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
genusKayseraspisHarrington 1938
speciesasaphelloidesHarrington 1938

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.

Kayseraspis asaphelloides Harrington 1938
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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: 2009-06-09 09:45:50
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:47:31
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 Arenigian to the top of the Tremadoc or 478.60000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Kayseraspis asaphelloides (8882)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Kayseraspis asaphelloides (115716)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) Kayseraspis asaphelloides (115725 115737 115842)