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Asaphellina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellina was named by Chalmas and Bergeron (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Taihungshaniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Asaphellina Chalmas and Bergeron
2002Asaphellina Jell and Adrain p. 344
2002Asaphellina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyTaihungshaniidaeSun 1931
genusAsaphellinaChalmas and Bergeron 1989

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. †Asaphellina Chalmas and Bergeron 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 05:36:05
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:36:05
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Floian or 478.60000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) A. sp. (7758)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) A. barroisi (201717)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia A. sp. (8844)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20828)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Spain (Zaragoza) A. sp. (21075)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) A. barroisi (20827)