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Taxonomy
Asaphus was named by Brongniart (1822). Its type is Entomostracites expansus.
It was reranked as Amphion (Asaphus) by Eichwald (1840).
It was assigned to Amphion by Eichwald (1840); to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849), Henningsmoen (1960) and Owen and Bruton (1980); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Amphion (Asaphus) by Eichwald (1840).
It was assigned to Amphion by Eichwald (1840); to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849), Henningsmoen (1960) and Owen and Bruton (1980); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Asaphus Brongniart |
| 1840 | Amphion (Asaphus) Eichwald |
| 1849 | Asaphus M'Coy p. 399 |
| 1953 | Schizophorus Balashova |
| 1960 | Asaphus Henningsmoen |
| 1980 | Asaphus Owen and Bruton |
| 2002 | Asaphus Jell and Adrain p. 345 |
| 2002 | Asaphus Sepkoski |
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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. †Asaphus Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Asaphus (Ampyx) Dalman 1827
Subg. †Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart 1822
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†Asaphus (Asaphus) broggeri Schmidt 1901
†Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
†Asaphus (Asaphus) raniceps Dalman 1827
†Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius Törnquist 1884
Subg. †Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Jaanusson 1953
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†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) branconis Pompecki 1890
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus Pander 1830
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Invalid names: Asaphus oculosus Pompecki 1890 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabratus Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Henningsmoen 1960
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii Lawrow 1856
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) laevissimus Schmidt 1898
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) latus Pander 1930
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) lepidus Törnquist 1884
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Invalid names: Asaphus rusticus Törnquist 1884 [synonym], Asaphus wahlenbergii Wiman 1907 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus Törnquist 1884
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii Schmidt 1898
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ornatus Pompecki 1890
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) pachyophthalmus Schmidt 1901
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) robergii Wiman 1907
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sulevi Jaanusson 1953
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) uplandicus Wiman 1907
Subg. †Asaphus (Platypeltis) Callaway 1877
Subg. †Asaphus (Subasaphus) Balashova 1976
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Invalid names: Asaphus (Platyasaphus) Ivantsov 2000 [synonym]
†Asaphus caribouensis Walcott 1884
†Asaphus caudatus Sedgwick 1845
†Asaphus curiosa Billings 1865
†Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824
†Asaphus heckeri Ivantsov 2000
†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
Invalid names: Schizophorus Balashova 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections (245 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hunneberg - Volkhov | Russian Federation (Moscow oblast) | A. lepidurus, A. broggeri (235824) | |
| Hunneberg - Kunda | Russian Federation (Yaroslavl oblast) | A. lepidurus (235856) | |
| Arenigian | Russian Federation | A. expansus (37830) | |
| Dawan | China (Hunan and Hubei) | A. sp. (7717) | |
| Arenig | China (NingXia) | A. sp. (20766) | |
| Arenig | China (GanSu) | A. sp. (8555) | |
| Arenig | Sweden | A. sp. (3196) | |
| Arenig | China (AnHui) | A. sp. (7841) | |
| Arenig | China (YunNan) | A. sp. (7732) | |
| Arenig | Argentina | A. sp. (8783) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Keila - Oandu | Norway (Oslo Asker) | A. ludibundus (193481) | |
| Keila - Oandu | Norway (Baerum) | A. ludibundus (164501) | |
| Oandu | Norway (Asker) | A. sp. (163199) | |
| Oandu | Belarus | A. sp. (192883) | |
| Johvi | Latvia (Daugavpils) | A. sp. (192984) | |
| Johvi | Russian Federation | A. jevensis (167727 167739) | |
| Rakvere - Nabala | Norway | A. sp. (193484) | |
| Rakvere - Nabala | Norway (Oslo) | A. sp. (163190) | |
| Maysvillian | Canada (Manitoba) | A. gigas (174050) | |
| Ashgill | China (XinJiang) | A. sp. (20787) | |