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Opsimasaphus jaanussoni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Opsimasaphus jaanussoni was named by Kielan (1960).

It was recombined as Birmanites jaanussoni by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Opsimasaphus jaanussoni Kielan
2002Birmanites jaanussoni Jell and Adrain
2007Opsimasaphus jaanussoni Turvey p. 364

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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
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusOpsimasaphusKielan 1960
speciesjaanussoniKielan 1960

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.

Opsimasaphus jaanussoni Kielan 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Pirgu or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) Opsimasaphus jaanussoni (153980 153981 153982 153983)