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Asaphellus clarksoni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus clarksoni was named by Tortello and Esteban (2016). Its type specimen is MLP 35252, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Asaphellus clarksoni Tortello and Esteban p. 936 figs. Fig. 7.13

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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
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877
speciesclarksoni

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.

Asaphellus clarksoni Tortello and Esteban 2016
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:35:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:35:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Asaphellus clarksoni (208290 208291 208292 208293 208294)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Asaphellus clarksoni (208300 208301 208303 208304)