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Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) honanensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) honanensis was named by Chang (1959). It is not extant. It is the type species of Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. butes, P. parvus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Proasaphiscus (Honanaspis) honanensis Chang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusProasaphiscus(Chang 1959)
subgenusHonanaspis
specieshonanensisChang 1959

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.

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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-02 08:50:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:50:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shanxi) Honanaspis honanensis (125279)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Proasaphiscus honanensis (129011 129014 129132)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) Honanaspis honanensis (124909)