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Basilicus tyrannus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus tyrannus was named by Murchison (1839).

It was recombined as Basilicus tyrannus by Salter (1849) and MacGregor (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Asaphus tyrannus Murchison p. 648 figs. pl. 24, fig. 4, pi. 25, fig. 1
1849Basilicus tyrannus Salter
1962Basilicus tyrannus MacGregor pp. 791 - 792 figs. Plate 1 16, figs. 1-5

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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
speciestyrannus(Murchison 1839)

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.

†Basilicus tyrannus Murchison 1839
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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 11:44:29
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:44:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Llandeilo or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom Basilicus tyrannus (69533 69534 69535 69542 69550 69552 69553 69558 69559 69560 69561 69562 69563 69564 69565 69566 69567 69569 69570 69573 69574 69575 69576 69577 69578 69579 69580 69598 69599 69600 69601 69602)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) Basilicus tyrannus (3317 3318 3319 69529 69531 69537 69538 69543 69544 69545 69547 69548 69549 69571 69581 69582 69583 69585)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom Basilicus tyrannus (69586 69587 69588 69589 69590 69591 69592 69593 69594 69596)