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Norasaphus (Norasaphus)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Norasaphus (Norasaphus) Fortey and Shergold p. 329

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNorasaphus
subgenusNorasaphus

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.

Subg. †Norasaphus (Norasaphus) Fortey and Shergold 1984
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Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis Fortey and Shergold 1984
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: Arenig or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) Norasaphus skalis (157053 157066 157068 157070 157071)