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Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus lepidurus was named by Nieszkowski (1859). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus by Nieszkowski (1859).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. delfinus, A. laticaudatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
specieslepidurus(Nieszkowski 1859)

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.

†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
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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 et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

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

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunneberg - Volkhov481.1 - 469.2Russian Federation (Moscow oblast) Asaphus lepidurus (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)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden Asaphus lepidurus (188265)
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)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) Asaphus lepidurus (235818)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation Asaphus lepidurus (157142)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden Asaphus lepidurus (188218)