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Xenasaphus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Xenasaphus was named by Jaanusson (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde]. It is not extant. Its type is Asaphus devexus.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Xenasaphus Jaanusson
2002Xenasaphus Jell and Adrain p. 461
2002Xenasaphus 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
genusXenasaphusJaanusson 1953

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. †Xenasaphus Jaanusson 1953
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Subg. †Xenasaphus (Delphasaphus) Ivantsov 2000
Subg. †Xenasaphus (Xenasaphus) Jaanusson 1953
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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 et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Aseri to the top of the Uhaku or 464.30000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri - Uhaku464.3 - 458.0Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) X. devexus (235859)