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Pseudoasaphus globifrons

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge globifrons was named by Eischwald (1857). It is the type species of Pseudoasaphus, Pseudasaphus.

It was recombined as Pseudasaphus globifrons by Jaanusson (1953); it was recombined as Pseudoasaphus globifrons by Henningsmoen (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudasaphus globifrons Jaanusson
1960Pseudoasaphus globifrons Henningsmoen

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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
genusPseudoasaphusSchmidt 1901
speciesglobifrons(Eischwald 1857)

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.

Pseudoasaphus globifrons Eischwald 1857
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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 11:46:42
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:46:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kunda or 469.20000 to 464.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Estonia (Ida-Viru) Pseudoasaphus globifrons (195556)