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Norasaphus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Norasaphus was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: O l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. It is not extant. Its type is Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Norasaphus Fortey and Shergold p. 328
2002Norasaphus Jell and Adrain pp. 412, 466
2002Norasphus 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
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNorasaphus

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. †Norasaphus Fortey and Shergold 1984
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Subg. †Norasaphus (Norasaphites) Fortey and Shergold 1984
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†Norasaphus (Norasaphites) monroeae Fortey and Shergold 1984
†Norasaphus (Norasaphites) vesiculosus Fortey and Shergold 1984
Subg. †Norasaphus (Norasaphus) Fortey and Shergold 1984
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†Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis Fortey and Shergold 1984
Subg. †Norasaphus (Shergoldina) Feist and Talent 2000
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†Norasaphus (Shergoldina) greenvalensis Feist and Talent 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Arenig or 469.40000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Northern Territory) N. monroeae (157076 157080 157081) N. monroeae, N. vesiculosus (157055 157075 157077) N. vesiculosus (157057 157078)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) N. skalis (157053 157066 157068 157070 157071) N. vesiculosus (157058 157059 157060 157061 157062 157063 157064 157065 157072 157074)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Queensland) N. greenvalensis (172287)