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Basilicus (Basiliella) illarensis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus illarensis was named by Etheridge (1893). Its type specimen is P1416 (pygidium) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Basilicus (Basiliella) illarensis by Laurie (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Asaphus illarensis Etheridge p. 5 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
2006Basilicus (Basiliella) illarensis Laurie pp. 325 - 327 figs. 26-27

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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
genusBasilicusSalter 1849
subgenusBasiliella(Kobayashi 1934)
speciesillarensis(Etheridge 1893)

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.

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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 11:45:35
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:45:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available