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Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus tecticaudatus was named by Steinhardt (1874). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus by Jaanusson (1953); it was recombined as Pseudoasaphus tecticaudatus by Nestor (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus Jaanusson
1990Pseudoasaphus tecticaudatus Nestor

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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
genusPseudasaphus(Schmidt 1901)
speciestecticaudatus(Steinhardt 1874)

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.

†Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus Steinhardt 1874
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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: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aseri to the top of the Uhaku or 464.30000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Sweden (Dalarna) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166334)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Sweden (Öland) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166440)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Estonia (Lääne) Pseudoasaphus tecticaudatus (195659 195660)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Sweden (Dalarne) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166438)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Sweden Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166375)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden (Dalarna) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166335)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden (Kalmar) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166441)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden (Öland) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166443)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166442 166444 166596)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden (Dalarne) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166368)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (166437)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden (Dalarne) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus, Pseudoasaphus tecticaudatus (166338)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Sweden (Öland) Pseudasaphus tecticaudatus (158487)