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Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). Its type specimen is CPC 22653, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 071/4, which is in an Arenig shallow subtidal grainstone/sandstone in the Nora Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Norasaphus, Norasaphus (Norasaphus).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis Fortey and Shergold p. 329 figs. Pl. 39, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNorasaphus
subgenusNorasaphus
speciesskalis

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.

Norasaphus (Norasaphus) skalis Fortey and Shergold 1984
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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 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Arenig or 478.60000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Queensland) Norasaphus skalis (type locality: 157053 157066 157068 157070 157071)