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Taxonomy
Asaphus selwynii was named by Salter and in Murchison (1859) [Asaphus Selwynii]. Its type specimen is SM A44425, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Ogygia selwynii by Salter (1859); it was recombined as Niobella selwyni by Reed (1931); it was recombined as Ogygiocaris selwynii by Whittard (1964); it was recombined as Merlinia selwynii by Fortey and Owens (1978).
It was recombined as Ogygia selwynii by Salter (1859); it was recombined as Niobella selwyni by Reed (1931); it was recombined as Ogygiocaris selwynii by Whittard (1964); it was recombined as Merlinia selwynii by Fortey and Owens (1978).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Asaphus selwynii Salter p. 57 |
| 1859 | Ogygia selwynii Salter p. 53 fig. 8 |
| 1859 | Asaphus selwynii Salter and in Murchison p. 53 fig. 8 |
| 1931 | Niobella selwyni Reed |
| 1964 | Ogygiocaris selwynii Whittard p. 232 |
| 1978 | Merlinia selwynii Fortey and Owens pp. 267 - 276 figs. text fig. 10B; PI. 6, figs 6-8; PI. 7, figs 1-9; PI. 8, figs 1-7 |
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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.
†Merlinia selwynii Salter and in Murchison 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Moridunian or 477.70000 to 473.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Moridunian | United Kingdom (Wales) | Merlinia selwynii (3682 194957 235375 235376) |