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Asaphus (Asaphus)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart p. 399
1953Asaphus (Asaphus) Jaanusson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusAsaphusBrongniart 1822

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. †Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart 1822
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†Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
†Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius Törnquist 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:40:13
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:42:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Valaste or 471.10000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunneberg - Volkhov481.1 - 469.2Russian Federation (Moscow oblast) Asaphus lepidurus, Asaphus broggeri (235824)
Hunneberg - Kunda481.1 - 464.3Russian Federation (Yaroslavl oblast) Asaphus lepidurus (235856)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation Asaphus lepidurus (66936)
Langevoja471.8 - 469.2Sweden Asaphus lepidurus (198078 198098 198101 198105)
Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden Asaphus raniceps (198031 198033 198034 198038 198042 198044 198045)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden Asaphus lepidurus (188265)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) Asaphus lepidurus (235818)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation Asaphus lepidurus (157104 157106 157107 157110 157111 157112 157113 157114 157115 157116 157117 157118 157119 157120 157121 157122 157123 157124 157125 157126 157127 157128 157131 157133 157134 157135 157136 157137 157139 157141 169213)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) Asaphus raniceps (235857)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation Asaphus expansus (157148) Asaphus fallax (157143 157144 157147) Asaphus lepidurus (157142) Asaphus raniceps (169215)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden Asaphus lepidurus (188218) Asaphus raniceps (188210 188214 188215 188216 188217 188219 188221 188222 188225 188226 188227 188229 188234 188236 188268 188270 188271 188272 188275 188277 188280 188281 188282 188284 188295 188299 188301 188303)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Lithuania Asaphus raniceps (207281)
Kunda - Aseri469.2 - 460.9Russian Federation (Kostroma oblast) Asaphus raniceps (235820)