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Asaphus homfrayi

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus homfrayi was named by Salter (1866) [Lectotype selected by Morris 1988]. Its type specimen is SM A1266 (lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Asaphellus homfrayi by Callaway (1877), Hutchinson (1952) and Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. delfinus, A. laticaudatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Asaphus affinus McCoy
1865Asaphis homfrayi Salter p. 165
1866Asaphus homfrayi Salter
1877Asaphellus homfrayi Callaway
1910Hemigyraspis affinus Raymond p. 41
1952Asaphellus homfrayi Hutchinson
1968Asaphellus homfrayi Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 780

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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
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
specieshomfrayiSalter 1866

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.

†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available