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Asaphopsis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae

Taxonomy
Asaphopsis was named by Mansuy (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: O l].

It was assigned to Dikelocephalinidae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Taihungshaniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. elhamae
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. angulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Asaphopsis Mansuy
1957Asaphopsis Harrington and Leanza
2002Asaphopsis Jell and Adrain p. 344
2002Asaphopsis Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyTaihungshaniidaeSun 1931
genusAsaphopsisMansuy 1920

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. †Asaphopsis Mansuy 1920
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†Asaphopsis elhamae Ghobadi Pour 2006
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 13:36:05
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dawan to the top of the Arenig or 478.80000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China (Zhejiang) A. sp. (64594)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiangXi) A. sp. (7758)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Sichuan) A. sp. (7664 7681)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Iran A. sp. (116235 116238 116495 185926) A. sp., A. elhamae (116498 116499)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan and Hubei) A. sp. (7719 7720)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Heibei Provence) A. angulatus (157261)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (ZheJiang) A. sp. (7773 7780 7802)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) A. sp. (4728 7728 7729)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (AnHui) A. sp. (7846)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hunan) A. sp. (7694 7695 7702 7703)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) A. sp. (5280 7387)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (2671)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Guizhou) A. sp. (7353)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China A. sp. (232903)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hunan and Hubei) A. sp. (7718)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) A. sp. (4724)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Yunnan) A. sp. (7263)
Darriwilian - Sandbian469.4 - 452.8China (Guangdong) A. sp. (275440)