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Proasaphiscus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Proasaphiscus was named by Resser and Endo (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-l Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464,474]. It is not extant. Its type is Proasaphiscus yabei.

It was assigned to Proasaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. granulus, P. quadratus, P. simoni, P. yabei (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. affluensis, P. intermedius, P. planus, P. sibiricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Proasaphiscus Resser and Endo
2002Proasaphiscus Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Proasaphiscus 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusProasaphiscusResser and Endo 1935

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. †Proasaphiscus Resser and Endo 1935
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†Proasaphiscus granulus Zhang et al. 1995
†Proasaphiscus quadratus Zhang et al. 1980
†Proasaphiscus simoni Peng et al. 2009
†Proasaphiscus yabei Resser and Endo 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 09:07:45
Modified: 2009-02-25 11:07:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tuesaian or 505.30000 to 503.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) P. sp. (81437)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan P. affluensis (9973 9976 9977) P. affluensis, P. planus (9970)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp., P. sibiricus (235454)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Henan) P. granulus (129145) P. sp. (129012 129013 129016 129018 129020 129128 129129 129131 129143 129144 129146 129147 129148 129149) P. sp., P. yabei (129011) P. yabei (129130)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) P. intermedius (107147)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Hunan) P. sp. (107325)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Shanxi) P. quadratus (125292 125293) P. sp. (125275 125279 125290)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0India P. simoni (114673 114675)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan P. affluensis, P. planus (118054)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Iran (Semnan) P. sp. (22822)