Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Asaphellus isabelae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus isabelae was named by Meroi Arcerito et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 25751, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is DLA 28 (Arenal), which is in a Tremadocian offshore siliciclastic/siliciclastic in the Santa Rosita Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Asaphellus isabelae Meroi Arcerito et al. p. 144 figs. Fig. 10E

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877
speciesisabelae

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 isabelae Meroi Arcerito et al. 2015
show all | hide all
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 et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Asaphellus isabelae (208300 208301 208303 208304)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Asaphellus isabelae (208294)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Asaphellus isabelae (228321 228322 type locality: 228323)