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Ogmasaphus praetextus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus praetextus was named by Törnquist (1884). It is not extant. It is the type species of Ogmasaphus.

It was recombined as Ogmasaphus praetextus by Jaanusson (1953), Henningsmoen (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Ogmasaphus praetextus Jaanusson
1960Ogmasaphus praetextus Henningsmoen

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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
genusOgmasaphusJaanusson 1953
speciespraetextus(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.

†Ogmasaphus praetextus Törnquist 1884
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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: 2009-06-09 11:28:14
Modified: 2009-06-09 13:28:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aseri to the top of the Haljala or 464.30000 to 453.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden Ogmasaphus praetextus (166371)
Aseri - Lasnamagi464.3 - 459.7Sweden (Kalmar) Ogmasaphus praetextus (166441)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden Ogmasaphus praetextus (166435 166535 166536)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden (Dalarne) Ogmasaphus praetextus (162389 162472 162477)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden (Dalarna) Ogmasaphus praetextus (162474)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) Asaphus praetextus (235891)