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Asaphinae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Asaphinae Burmeister
1849Asaphinae M'Coy p. 398
1933Asaphinae Phleger, Jr. p. 18
1941Asaphinae Whittington p. 512
1957Asaphinae Harrington and Leanza
1980Asaphinae Owen and Bruton
1983Asaphinae Dean

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

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.

Subfm. †Asaphinae Burmeister 1843
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G. †Asaphus Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Asaphus (Ampyx) Dalman 1827
Subg. †Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart 1822
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†Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
†Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius Törnquist 1884
Subg. †Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Jaanusson 1953
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Invalid names: Asaphus oculosus Pompecki 1890 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Henningsmoen 1960
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) lepidus Törnquist 1884
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Invalid names: Asaphus rusticus Törnquist 1884 [synonym], Asaphus wahlenbergii Wiman 1907 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sulevi Jaanusson 1953
Subg. †Asaphus (Onchometopus) Schmidt 1898
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Subg. †Asaphus (Platypeltis) Callaway 1877
Subg. †Asaphus (Subasaphus) Balashova 1976
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Invalid names: Asaphus (Platyasaphus) Ivantsov 2000 [synonym]
†Asaphus caribouensis Walcott 1884
†Asaphus caudatus Sedgwick 1845
†Asaphus curiosa Billings 1865
†Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824
†Asaphus heckeri Ivantsov 2000
†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
Invalid names: Schizophorus Balashova 1953 [synonym]
G. †Lonchobasilicus Zhou 1980
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Invalid names: Sinomegalaspis Qu 1982 [synonym]
G. †Ogygitella Harrington and Leanza 1957
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†Ogygitella australis Harrington and Leanza 1957
G. †Pseudobasilicus Reed 1930
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†Pseudobasilicus brachyrachis Törnquist 1884
†Pseudobasilicus lawrowi Schmidt 1898
†Pseudobasilicus nobilis Barrande 1846
G. †Pseudomegalaspis Jaanusson 1953
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†Pseudomegalaspis formosus Törnquist 1884
†Pseudomegalaspis patagiata Törnquist 1884
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: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Ashgill or 471.10000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (317 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Russian Federation Asaphus expansus (37830)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (YunNan) Pseudobasilicus sp. (7745)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan and Hubei) Asaphus sp. (7717)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) Asaphus sp. (8555)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) Pseudobasilicus sp. (4709 4714 4719 4720 4721 4722)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanXi) Pseudobasilicus sp. (7886)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (NingXia) Asaphus sp. (20766)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Asaphus sp. (3196)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation Asaphus broeggeri, Asaphus lepidurus (66936)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Asaphus sp. (8783)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo) Asaphus ludibundus (162968 164170)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway (Asker) Asaphus sp. (163199)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Belarus Asaphus sp. (192883)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Russian Federation Asaphus jevensis (167727 167739)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Latvia (Daugavpils) Asaphus sp. (192984)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) Pseudobasilicus sp. (2648 2707 2725 2745 2751)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Oslo) Asaphus sp. (163190)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway Asaphus sp. (193484)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Asaphus gigas (174050)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) Asaphus sp. (20787)