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Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus ludibundus was named by Törnquist (1884). It is the type species of Asaphus (Neoasaphus).

It was recombined as Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus by Jaanusson (1953), Henningsmoen (1960).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus Jaanusson
1960Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus Henningsmoen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusNeoasaphusJaanusson 1953
speciesludibundus(Törnquist 1884)

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
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 Kukruse to the top of the Keila or 458.00000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vastergotland) Asaphus ludibundus (76904 76907 76910 76911 76912 77083 77084)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Sweden Asaphus ludibundus (166434)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Asker) Asaphus ludibundus (166922)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway Asaphus ludibundus (167108)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Asaphus ludibundus (164146 166910)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden (Dalarne) Asaphus ludibundus (162389 162480 166373)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden Asaphus ludibundus (162469 162475 162478 166367 166370 166372)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Finland Asaphus ludibundus (166369)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden (Dalarna) Asaphus ludibundus (162474 192034)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Russian Federation (Kaliningradskaya Oblast) Asaphus ludibundus (235893)
Idavere - Keila458.0 - 452.8Norway (Ringerike) Asaphus ludibundus (164007)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Sweden (Dalarne) Asaphus ludibundus (166337 166377)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Norway (Ringerike) Asaphus ludibundus (166433)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Norway (Oslo) Asaphus ludibundus (162992)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Norway Asaphus ludibundus (167020)
Haljala - Oandu456.8 - 451.8Norway Asaphus ludibundus (193483)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Norway Asaphus ludibundus (193482)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Asaphus ludibundus (193480)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo) Asaphus ludibundus (162968 164170)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Baerum) Asaphus ludibundus (164501)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Asaphus ludibundus (193481)